Transparent Alcohol Sunscreen Spray With High UVA Protection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing transparent alcoholic sunscreen sprays face challenges in achieving high sun protection factors and UVA protection without the use of film-forming polymers and octocrylene, which are potentially harmful, and often result in a sticky film.

Innovation Solution

A cosmetic sunscreen composition comprising phenylbenzimidazolesulfonate, ethyl alcohol, and other cosmetically acceptable oils, without octocrylene and film-forming polymers, providing high sun protection factor and UVA protection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If film-forming polymers and octocrylene are used to achieve high sun protection factor and UVA protection, then the protective effect is improved, but the stickiness and harmfulness increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesun protection factor and UVA protectionVSAvoidstickiness and harmful ingredients
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The invention extracts and removes the harmful components (film-forming polymers and octocrylene) from the sunscreen formulation while retaining the essential sun protection function through alternative safe ingredients

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention converts the formulation approach by using alcohol-based solutions with alternative UV filters that naturally provide high protection without the harmful sticky film-forming properties of conventional ingredients

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

2Ease of operation

If transparent alcoholic spray formulation is used to reduce stickiness, then the ease of operation is improved, but the ability to achieve high sun protection factor and UVA protection deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of application and transparencyVSAvoidsun protection factor and UVA protection
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The invention changes the concentration parameters of UV filters and alcohol content to achieve the optimal balance between transparency, ease of application, and high sun protection factor with UVA protection of at least 18

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The invention uses a composite formulation combining multiple oil-sol UV filters including avobenzone, ethylhexyl salicylate, and other approved filters to achieve synergistic high protection levels while maintaining the transparent alcoholic spray characteristics

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

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 composition achieves a high sun protection factor with stable UVA protection, maintaining transparency and avoiding stickiness, while being free of harmful ingredients.

Implementation Method 1

the UV filter phenylbenzimidazolesulfonate... achieving high sun protection factors while simultaneously providing high to very high UVA protection

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectUV absorption: Absorption (EM radiation)

Implementation Method 2

The stickiness often criticized by users in sunscreen products is therefore significantly reduced with this application method

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectEvaporation: Evaporation

Data Source

PatentEP4233832B1Transparent sunscreen composition with high uva protection
Publication Date: 2026.04.01 DERMCOS GMBH

AI summary

The present invention relates to an alcohol-based cosmetic transparent sunscreen spray without film-forming polymers and octocrylenes, but with the water-soluble sunscreen filter phenylbenzimidazolesulfonate, excluding the denaturant methyl ethyl ketone, in particular in the form of a pump atomizer spray or an aerosol spray.