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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2021
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Stephen Norman Batchelor, Chester, GB;
David Stephen Grainger, Chester, GB;
David Christopher Thorley, Shavington, GB;
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a secondary alkane sulfonate surfactant, wherein at least 70 wt. % of the secondary alkane sulfonate is a secondary alkane sulfonate (SAS) surfactant having linear alkyl chains of from 15 to 18 carbon atoms; wherein less than 30% of the secondary alkane sulfonate (SAS) surfactant has linear alkyl chains of 14 carbon atoms or lower; the invention also concerns a detergent composition comprising the secondary alkane sulfonate surfactant; the invention also concerns a method, preferably a domestic method of treating a textile.