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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Steven T. Adamy, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/015 (2006.01); C04B 33/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/0154 (2013.01); C04B 33/1305 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods for controlling swelling of a clay when in contact with an aqueous medium. The methods may include contacting clay with a content of an ionic liquid sufficient to modify one or more transport properties of water through the clay. In particular, in some embodiments, the present disclosure provides clay-based animal litter compositions having controlled flow and clump shape, and a related method. The animal litter can include a clay-based liquid absorbing material and at least one ionic liquid.