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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. 27, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
F Philip Yu, Aurora, IL (US);
Anthony W Dallmier, Aurora, IL (US);
Assignee:
Nalco Chemical Company, Naperville, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210758 ; 210754 ; 210764 ; 162161 ; 510422 ; 514 25 ; 514738 ; 422 28 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for removing biofilms from surfaces submerged in a fouled water system by adding to the water system an alkyl polyglycoside having the chemical formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a C.sub.8 -C.sub.16 alkyl chain and DP is from 0 to 3 carbohydrate units.