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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter R Garrett, Mold, GB;
Dennis Giles, Wirral, GB;
Assignee:
Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D / ; C11D / ; C11D / ; C11D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
510340 ; 510342 ;
Abstract
A detergent composition suitable for washing fabrics is in the form of a stable oil-in-water microemulsion and comprises an organic surfactant system, preferably wholly or predominantly consisting of ethoxylated nonionic surfactant having an average alkyl chain length of less than C.sub.12 and containing a high proportion of C.sub.10 material, a non-aqueous solvent, and optionally a water-soluble detergency builder, preferably polymeric. The composition can be used both for pre-wash treatment and as a main wash detergent.