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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:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeanne Marie Weller, Glen Rock, NJ (US);
Frank Anthony Lucia, III, Oak Ridge, NJ (US);
Stanislaw Kepka, Ringoes, NJ (US);
Ashwinkumar C Gandhi, Toms River, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Reckitt & Colman, Wayne, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D / ; C11D / ; D06L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8142 ; 8137 ; 510281 ; 510282 ; 510283 ; 510284 ; 510285 ; 510289 ; 510291 ; 510293 ; 510295 ; 510297 ; 510277 ;
Abstract
Spot pretreatment compositions useful as stain cleaning compositions useful prior to a subsequent cleaning operation, including laundering or dry-cleaning. The spot cleaning compositions feature a major proportion of water, and minor amounts of nonionic surfactants, anionic surfactants, and organic solvents selected from alcohols and glycol ethers. The spot pretreatment compositions exhibit excellent stain dissolution characteristics. Processes for producing the spot cleaning compositions, and methods for their use are also disclosed.