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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. 12, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Iris Margarita Diaz, Wilbraham, MA (US);
Joel Jeffry Gummeson, Belchertown, MA (US);
Frank Peter Jakse, Florissant, MO (US);
Terry Calvin Wolfe, Olivette, MO (US);
Assignee:
Solutia Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D / ; C11D / ; C11D / ; C11D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
510201 ; 510202 ; 510477 ; 510507 ;
Abstract
An essentially non-aqueous cleaning composition and method for using this composition to remove chemicals from substrates, the composition comprising a dibasic ester and a thickening agent which is soluble, swellable or dispersible in said dibasic ester and wherein said thickening agent is present in an amount such that said composition has a numerical ratio of viscosity unsheared to viscosity under shear of at least about 3:1.