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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2022
Applicant:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Neil Joseph Lant, Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB;
Samuel Kimani Njoroge, Montgomery, OH (US);
Todd Michael Wernicke, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Julie Marie Porter, Amelia, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/00 (2006.01); C11D 3/37 (2006.01); C11D 3/38 (2006.01); C11D 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/381 (2013.01); C11D 3/0068 (2013.01); C11D 3/3707 (2013.01); C11D 17/06 (2013.01); C11D 2111/12 (2024.01);
Abstract
A method of treating a fabric in a washing machine using a cold and/or a quick program, including contacting the fabric with a treatment liquor comprising at least 1×10CFU/l of liquor, of bacterial spores wherein the cold program includes a wash having a bath temperature below 30° C. and/or the quick program lasts less than 40 minutes.