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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Cleveland Kirk, Ivyland, PA (US);
Curtis Schwartz, Ambler, PA (US);
Richard James Tallent, Lafayette Hill, PA (US);
Thomas Lawrence Pytlewski, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06L / ; C11D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8137 ; 510299 ; 510300 ; 510517 ; 510528 ; 134 42 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a composition useful in a washing process containing at least one vinyl amide polymer. The vinyl amide polymer contains from 5 to 100 weight percent of at least one vinyl amide monomer, and from 0 to 95 weight percent of one or more vinyl ester monomers. The present invention also provides a method of cleaning an article and a method of providing soil resistance to an article using the vinyl amide polymer.