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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:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter William Appel, Vlaardingen, NL;
Jelles Vincent Boskamp, Vlaardingen, NL;
Christophe Michel Joyeux, Vlaardingen, NL;
Marcel van der Kraan, Vlaardingen, NL;
Henning Wagner, Vlaardingen, NL;
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care, USA, Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 1/700 ;
Abstract
A detergent tablet of compacted particulate composition which has a pair of opposite faces spaced apart from each other and joined by a peripheral surface of the tablet, wherein the tablet has a first region which provides a first part of a said face and a second region which provides an adjoining part of the face with a discontinuity at the junction of the said parts of the face; and apparatus adapted to make such a tablet.