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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:
Apr. 21, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 01, 2020
Applicant:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

Laura Bueno Romo, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;

Carlos Amador Zamarreno, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;

Anju Deepali Massey Brooker, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;

Libbi Moon, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;

Philip Frank Souter, Northumberland, GB;

Eric San Jose Robles, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/04 (2005.12); C11D 1/22 (2005.12); C11D 3/20 (2005.12); C11D 3/36 (2005.12); C11D 3/386 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/046 (2012.12); C11D 1/22 (2012.12); C11D 3/2086 (2012.12); C11D 3/361 (2012.12); C11D 3/364 (2012.12); C11D 3/38618 (2012.12); C11D 2111/12 (2023.12);
Abstract

A method of laundering fabrics includes: a) contacting a laundry detergent to water to form a wash liquor, wherein the laundry detergent includes detersive surfactant, wherein the wash liquor includes detersive surfactant at a concentration in the range of from 100 ppm to 2500 ppm; b) contacting fabric to the wash liquor, and washing the fabric in the wash liquor; c) after a period of time of at least 6 minutes from contacting the fabric to the wash liquor, introducing calcium cations into the wash liquor to form a calcium enriched wash liquor, wherein the calcium enriched wash liquor includes calcium cations at a concentration in the range of from 20 ppm to 400 ppm; d) washing the fabric in the calcium-enriched wash liquor for a period of time of at least 2 minutes; and e) removing the excess calcium-enriched wash liquor from the fabric, and rinsing the fabric in water.


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