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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:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan David Willey, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Anthony Harriman, Bischheim, FR;
Assignee:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/26 ; C11D 3/395 ; C09B 4/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/26 ; C11D 3/395 ; C09B 4/704 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are photochemical super oxide generators useful as photobleaches for laundry detergent compositions and as photobleaches or photodisinfectants for use in hard surface cleaning compositions. The compounds described herein comprise an amino-containing electron transfer moiety bonded to the photosensitizing unit wherein the amino-containing moiety is capable of transferring an electron to the photochemically excited &pgr; electron cloud of the photosensitizer unit thereby enabling superoxide formation.