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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022

Filed:

May. 05, 2015
Applicant:

Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin R. Butterfield, Greer, SC (US);

Eduardo Torres, Greer, SC (US);

Sanjeev K. Dey, Spartanburg, SC (US);

Michael Hong, Greer, SC (US);

Haihu Qin, Greer, SC (US);

Dominick J. Valenti, Moore, SC (US);

Assignee:

Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/42 (2006.01); C09B 1/00 (2006.01); C09B 11/00 (2006.01); C09B 11/10 (2006.01); C09B 21/00 (2006.01); C11D 3/30 (2006.01); C11D 3/40 (2006.01); C09B 57/00 (2006.01); C09B 19/00 (2006.01); C09B 17/00 (2006.01); C09B 55/00 (2006.01); C09B 67/28 (2006.01); C09B 69/10 (2006.01); C11D 3/20 (2006.01); C11D 3/28 (2006.01); C11D 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/42 (2013.01); C09B 1/00 (2013.01); C09B 11/10 (2013.01); C09B 17/00 (2013.01); C09B 19/00 (2013.01); C09B 21/00 (2013.01); C09B 55/009 (2013.01); C09B 57/00 (2013.01); C09B 67/0077 (2013.01); C09B 69/103 (2013.01); C11D 3/2096 (2013.01); C11D 3/28 (2013.01); C11D 3/30 (2013.01); C11D 3/3481 (2013.01); C11D 3/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

A laundry care composition comprises a laundry care ingredient or adjunct and at least one compound that is capable of changing from a first color state (i.e., the initial color state in the composition) to a second color state that is perceptibly different from the first color state. A method for treating textile articles comprises the steps of: (a) providing a laundry care composition as described above; (b) adding the laundry care composition to a liquid medium; and (c) placing the textile articles in the liquid medium.


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