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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey Edward Boucher, Beijing, CN;
Marcus Wayne Evans, Hamilton, OH (US);
David Robert Zint, Fort Thomas, KY (US);
Assignee:
Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/24 ; C11D 1/75 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/24 ; C11D 1/75 ;
Abstract
Antimicrobial detergent compositions especially suitable for manual diswashing comprise 0.001-2% iodine ions complexed with an amphoteric surfactant, 5-90% uncomplexed surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants and mixture thereof, and 5-50% water. The detergent compositions have pH of 7-10. Preferably at least a portion of the iodine ions are added as an iodine in the form of a compound selected from the group consisting of KI, NaI, KOI, NaOI and Ca(0I)2.