Silicone Compounds with Substituted Amine for Benefit Agent Delivery

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing benefit agents, such as perfumes and silicones, are often ineffective due to physical or chemical characteristics that lead to loss during application or incompatibility with other components, resulting in suboptimal delivery efficiencies.

Innovation Solution

The development of silicone compounds that incorporate a silicone moiety and a benefit agent moiety, allowing for improved delivery efficiencies by using more hydrophobic carriers that can accommodate various reaction site types and numbers, thereby enhancing deposition on surfaces like garments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If hydrophobic carriers are used to improve deposition efficiency, then delivery efficiency is improved, but water solubility decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedelivery efficiencyVSAvoidwater solubility

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the hydrophobicity parameter of the carrier by replacing water-soluble carriers with hydrophobic silicone compounds, thereby improving deposition efficiency while managing solubility characteristics through the specific silicone chemistry

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The invention creates a composite structure where the benefit agent is combined with hydrophobic silicone carrier molecules, forming a new material system that achieves both improved deposition and controlled solubility through the composite nature of the compound

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If benefit agents are used at high levels to maximize effectiveness, then effectiveness is improved, but cost increases and delivery efficiency decreases due to loss

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveeffectivenessVSAvoidbenefit agent loss

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent converts the hydrophobicity characteristic that causes loss during rinsing into a benefit by using it to enhance deposition on the situs, thereby reducing benefit agent loss and improving overall effectiveness

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention changes the chemical parameters of the carrier to create compounds with improved binding characteristics that reduce benefit agent loss during post-application processes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If perfume amine and perfume thiol compounds are used to improve delivery efficiency, then delivery efficiency is improved, but scent variety is limited due to carrier reaction site constraints

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedelivery efficiencyVSAvoidscent variety

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal hydrophobic silicone carrier platform that can accommodate multiple types of perfume molecules through various reaction sites, enabling the system to handle diverse scent chemistries while maintaining improved delivery efficiency

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention changes the reaction site parameters of the carrier to provide multiple types of reactive groups that can accommodate different perfume chemistries, thereby expanding scent variety while maintaining delivery efficiency

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The silicone compounds enable the use of a wide range of perfumes and improve deposition efficiency, maximizing the effectiveness of benefit agents in personal care and fabric care compositions.

Implementation Method 1

Applicants resorted to more hydrophobic carriers that could accommodate a variety of reaction cite types and numbers

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectHydrophobic interaction: Hydrophobe

Data Source

PatentUS12234253B2Silicone compounds with a substituted amine group and a benefit agent moiety

Publication Date: 2025.02.25 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO

AI summary

Silicone compounds, delivery compositions, compositions, packaged products and displays comprising such silicone compounds, and processes for making and using such benefit agent delivery compositions, compositions, packaged products and displays. Such compositions have improved deposition and retention properties that may impart improved benefit characteristics to a composition and/or situs.