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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1999
Henri Bijsterbosch, Bebington, GB;
Deborah Cooke, Bebington, GB;
Neil Jones, Bebington, GB;
Ezat Khoshdel, Bebington, GB;
Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
A water-soluble or water-dispersible material for deposition onto a fabric substrate during a treatment process. The material comprises a &bgr;,-linked polysaccharide structure having at least one substituent benefit agent group and optionally, one or more other substituent groups. The average degree of substitution of all substituent groups is from 0.01 to 1.2, preferably from 0.1 to 1.2, more preferably from 0.4 to 1.2. The polysaccharide structure has one or more regions with at least 3, preferably at least 4 consecutive unsubstituted saccharide rings.