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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:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert John Crawford, Wirral, GB;
Alastair Richard Sanderson, South Wirral, GB;
Assignee:
Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D / ; C11D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
510470 ; 510356 ; 510350 ; 510361 ; 510470 ; 510502 ; 510445 ; 510509 ;
Abstract
A built particulate detergent composition for fabric washing, containing not more than 10 wt. % of water-insoluble builder and not more than 10 wt. % of water, contains a high level (40-90 wt. %) of a nonionic surfactant component consisting wholly or predominantly of a nonionic surfactant solid at ambient temperature, for example, alkylpolyglycoside or lactobionamide. Liquid nonionic surfactant and other cosurfactants may be present in limited amounts. A detergency builder is also present, the ratio of builder to nonionic surfactant not exceeding 1:1.