What is claimed is:
1. A personal care composition comprising:
a) a personal care adjunct ingredient; and
b) a perfume polymeric particle selected from the group consisting of anionic, non-ionic and combinations thereof comprising:
i) a polymer selected from the group consisting of a anionic polymer, a nonionic polymer and mixtures thereof, wherein said polymer further comprising an anionic monomer and a nonionic monomer; and
ii) a perfume comprising one or more perfume raw materials having one or more of the following characteristics;
a) a number molecular weight of less than about 200;
b) a boiling point of less than about 250 C.;
c) a ClogP of less than about 3; and
d) a Kovats Index value of less than about 1700;
wherein a Response Factor (RF) of the perfume polymeric material is at least about 1.6.
2. The personal care composition according to claim 1, further comprising at least about 0.1 weight percent of one or more perfume raw material.
3. The personal care composition according to claim 2, wherein at least 25 weight percent of said perfume raw materials have a Kovats Index value of less than about 1700.
4. The personal care composition according to claim 1 wherein said perfume polymeric polymer further comprising a cationic monomer.
5. The personal care composition according to claim 4 wherein said cationic monomer having the formula:
9
wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1 to C6 alkyl, and mixtures thereof; T is selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched radicals selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl, heterocyclic ring, silyl, nitro, halo, cyano, sulfonato, alkoxy, keto, ester, ether, carbonyl, amido, amino, glycidyl, carbanato, carbamate, carboxylic, and carboalkoxy radicals and mixtures thereof; Z is selected from the group consisting of: (CH2), (CH2CHCH), (CH2CHOH), (CH2CHNR4), (CH2CHR5O) and mixtures thereof; z is an integer selected from about 0 to about 12; A is selected from the group consisting of NR6R7, NR6R7R8 and mixtures thereof;
wherein each of R6, R7 and R8, when present, are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C8 linear, branched alkyl, alkyleneoxy having the formula:
(R9O)yR10
and mixtures thereof;
wherein R9 is selected from the group consisting of C2-C4 linear, branched alkylene, carbonyl alkyl, and mixtures thereof; R10 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl carbonyl alkyl, and mixtures thereof; y is from 1 to about 10.
6. The personal care composition according to claim 1, which further comprises a cationic deposition polymer aggregated with said anionic perfume polymeric particle.
7. The personal care composition according to claim 6 wherein the cationic deposition polymer is selected from cationic deposition polymers with flocculation time of less than 30 minutes as described in a FlocculationSettling Test.
8. The personal care composition according to claim 1 wherein perfume polymeric particles comprising said anionic and nonionic polymers further comprises non-cationic monomer comprising a hydrophobic group selected from the group consisting of alkyls, cycloalkyls, aryls, alkaryls, aralkyls and mixtures thereof.
9. The personal care composition according to claim 8 wherein the non-cationic monomer is selected from the group consisting of: methyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, n-propyl acrylate, iso-propylacrylate, n-propyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, iso-propylmethacrylate, n-butyl acrylate, isobutyl acrylate, isobutyl methacrylate, n-butyl methacrylate, methacrylic acid, acrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide, styrene, -methyl styrene, benzyl acrylate, ethylhexylacrylate, hydroxyethylacrylate, hydroxypropylacrylate, hydroxyethylmethacrylate, hydroxypropylmethacrylate, hydroxybutylacrylate, hydroxybutylmethacrylate, PEG acrylate, acylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid, vinlysulfonate, vinylpropionate, methylallylsulfonic acid, N-vinylformamide and N-vinylpyrrolidone and mixtures thereof.
10. The personal care composition according to claim 1 wherein said anionic and nonionic polymers are a water-insoluble polymer.
11. The personal care composition according to claim 1 wherein said polymer is an anionic polymer.
12. The personal care composition according to claim 1 wherein greater amounts of said perfume raw material is deposited onto a substrate and released from a substrate when the perfume raw material is associated with said polymer in the form of the perfume polymeric particle as measured by the Perfume Deposition & Delivery Test Protocol I.
13. A personal care composition of claim 1, wherein one or more Low Kovats Index perfume raw materials, each having a Kovats Index value of from about 1000 to about 1400, and collectively provide a first Average Response Factor (ARFLKI); and one or more High Kovats Index perfume raw materials, each having a Kovats Index value of greater than about 1700, and collectively provide a second Average Response Factor (ARFHKI);
wherein the perfume polymeric particle has a selectivity ratio of ARFLKIARFHKI of at least about 1.2.
14. The personal care composition of claim 13 wherein Longevity Test I value provides an ARFLKI greater than or equal to 1.6 times the value of ARFHKI.
15. The personal care composition of claim 13 wherein Longevity Test II value provides an ARFLKI greater than or equal to 1.6 times the value of ARFHKI.
16. A personal care composition comprising:
a) a personal care adjunct ingredient; and
b) a perfume polymeric particle selected from the group consisting of anionic, non-ionic and combinations thereof comprising:
i) a polymer selected from the group consisting of a anionic polymer, a nonionic polymer and mixtures thereof, wherein said polymer further comprising an anionic monomer and a nonionic monomer exhibits a greater affinity for a perfume raw material having a Kovats Index value of less than about 1700, than other perfume raw materials as measured by the Perfume Deposition & Delivery Test Protocol I andor the Polymeric Particle Affinity Test Protocol II
wherein the Longevity Test II value provides a ARFLKI greater than or equal to 1.2 times the value of ARFHKI.
17. The personal care composition according to claim 16 wherein said polymer exhibits at least a 1.6 times the affinity for a perfume raw material having a Kovats Index on DB-5 of between about 1000 to about 1500 than other perfume raw materials having a Kovats Index on DB-5 of greater than about 1700 as measured by the Perfume Deposition & Delivery Test Protocol I and the Polymeric Particle Affinity Test Protocol II.
18. A method for making a personal care composition, which exhibits enhanced fragrance intensity on skin and hair over time, comprising
a. forming a preformed polymeric particle comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of a anionic polymer, a nonionic polymer and mixtures thereof, wherein said polymer further comprising an anionic monomer and a nonionic monomer, wherein said polymer exhibits a greater affinity for a perfume raw material having one or more of the following characteristics;
i) a number molecular weight of less than about 200;
ii) a boiling point of less than about 250 C.;
iii) a ClogP of less than about 3;
iv) a Kovats Index value of less than about 1700,
than other perfume raw materials as measured by the Perfume Deposition & Delivery Test Protocol I andor the Polymeric Particle Affinity Test Protocol II;
b. forming a perfume polymeric particle by mixing the preformed polymeric particles with a perfume comprising a perfume raw material having one or more of the following characteristics;
i) a molecular weight of less than about 200;
ii) a boiling point of less than about 250 C.;
iii) a ClogP of less than about 3; and
iv) a Kovats Index value of less than about 1700 to; and
c. contacting the perfume polymeric particle with a personal care adjunct ingredient to form the personal care composition.
19. A method for treating skin and hair of human and pet subject in need of treatment comprising:
a) contacting the subject with a perfume polymeric particle comprising:
i) a polymer selected from the group consisting of a anionic polymer, a nonionic polymer and mixtures thereof, wherein said polymer further comprising an anionic monomer and a nonionic monomer and a perfume comprising one or more perfume raw materials having one or more of the following characteristics;
a) a number molecular weight of less than about 200;
b) a boiling point of less than about 250 C.;
c) a ClogP of less than about 3;
d) a Kovats Index value of less than about 1700; and
b) rinsing off the personal care composition, such that the subject’s skin and hair is treated.
20. A method for treating human and animal subject’s hair and skin comprising:
a) contacting the subject’s skin and hair with a perfume polymeric particle comprising:
i) a polymer selected from the group consisting of a anionic polymer, a nonionic polymer and mixtures thereof, wherein said polymer further comprising an anionic monomer and a nonionic monomer; and a perfume comprising one or more perfume raw materials having one or more of the following characteristics;
a) a number molecular weight of less than about 200;
b) a boiling point of less than about 250 C.;
c) a ClogP of less than about 3;
d) a Kovats Index value of less than about 1700; and
b) leaving on the personal care composition, such that subject’s skin and hair is treated.
21. A personal care composition comprising two or more different polymeric particles and a perfume comprising;
a) a perfume raw material having a one or more of the following characteristics;
i) a number molecular weight of less than about 200;
ii) a boiling point of less than about 250 C.;
iii) a ClogP of less than about 3;
iv) a Kovats Index value of less than about 1700; and
b) a personal care adjunct ingredient;
wherein the Longevity Test II value provides a ARFLKI greater than or equal to 1.2 times the value of ARFHKI.
22. The personal care composition according to claim 21, further comprising at least about 0.01 weight percent of said polymeric particle.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A fraud detection system for detecting whether information on a cheque has been improperly modified after the original preparation of the cheque, said system comprising:
(a) an issuance database for storing information associated with a cheque at the time of original preparation of the cheque;
(b) a scanner for scanning the cheque and generating a digital cheque image;
(c) a detector module comprising:
(i) a first optical character recognition engine coupled to the cheque scanner for recognizing characters within the cheque image and for determining whether the recognized characters match the characters associated with the cheque at the time of original preparation;
(ii) a second optical character recognition engine coupled to the cheque scanner for recognizing characters within the cheque image, said second engine having a higher accuracy than said first engine and being operated according to a first set of presets, and for determining whether the recognized characters match the characters associated with the cheque at the time of original preparation;
(iii) a third optical character recognition engine coupled to the cheque scanner for recognizing characters within the cheque image and for determining whether the recognized characters match the characters associated with the cheque at the time of original preparation, said third engine being operated according to a second set of presets;
(iv) a fourth optical character recognition engine coupled to the cheque scanner for recognizing characters within the cheque image, and for determining whether the recognized characters match the characters associated with the cheque at the time of original preparation, said fourth engine being adapted to enhance the resolution of the cheque image prior to reading;
(d) a verification module for allowing manual verification of the cheque if matching has not occurred within any of said first, second, third and fourth engines;
(e) a reporting module coupled to the detector module for compiling particulars concerning the matching results.
2. The fraud detection system of claim 1, wherein the information is the cheque payee.
3. The fraud detection system of claim 1, wherein the information is the cheque serial number.
4. The fraud detection system of claim 1, wherein the information is the cheque amount.
5. The fraud detection system of claim 2, wherein the determination of a match in step (c)(ii) is based on a predetermined percentage of character matching.
6. The fraud detection system of claim 4, wherein the determination of a match in step (c)(ii) is based on a character matching tolerance that corresponds to a predetermined dollar value.
7. A method for detecting whether information on a cheque has been improperly modified after the original preparation of the cheque, said method comprising the steps of:
(a) storing information associated with a cheque at the time of original preparation of the cheque;
(b) scanning the cheque and generating a digital cheque image;
(c) detecting whether the information on a cheque matches the information associated with the cheque at the time of original preparation of the cheque by:
(i) applying a first stage of optical character recognition to the digital cheque image to recognize characters within the image, determining whether the recognized characters match the characters associated with the cheque at the time of original preparation, and if so identifying the cheque as having \u201cpassed\u201d and executing step (e);
(ii) applying a second stage of optical character recognition to the digital cheque image wherein the recognition is more accurate then that of the first stage and where a first set of presets are used to control operation, determining whether the recognized characters match the characters associated with the cheque at the time of original preparation, and if so identifying the cheque as having \u201cpassed\u201d and executing step (e);
(iii) applying a third stage of optical character recognition to the digital cheque image wherein a second set of presets are used to control operation, determining whether the recognized characters match the characters associated with the cheque at the time of original preparation, and if so identifying the cheque as having \u201cpassed\u201d and executing step (e);
(iv) applying a fourth stage of optical character recognition to the digital cheque image wherein the resolution of the digital cheque image is enhanced, determining whether the recognized characters match the characters associated with the cheque at the time of original preparation, and if so identifying the cheque as having \u201cpassed\u201d and executing step (e);
(v) if none of the first, second, third or fourth stages have resulted in a match, then identifying the cheque as having \u201cfailed\u201d and executing step (d);
(d) verifying whether the cheque is fraudulent; and
(e) compiling a report that includes particulars concerning the results of the detection process in step (c) and the verification process in step (d).
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the information is the cheque payee.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein the information is the cheque serial number.
10. The method of claim 7, wherein the information is the cheque amount.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the determination of a match in step (c)(ii) is based on a predetermined percentage of character matching.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the determination of a match in step (c)(ii) is based on a character matching tolerance that corresponds to a predetermined dollar value.