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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:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Henkel-Ecolab GmbH & Co. OHG, Duesseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06M 1/5507 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06M 1/5507 ;
Abstract
An institutional textile washing process comprising a washing step preceded by a pretreatment step comprising a soaking step or a prewash step, wherein the textile is treated in the pretreatment step in the presence of water with a soil release polymer comprising a copolyester of a dicarboxylic acid and a diol or a polydiol.