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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:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
May. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lynda Anne Speed, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Jeffrey Donald Painter, Loveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 1/700 ; D06L 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 1/700 ; D06L 1/00 ;
Abstract
A detergent tablet comprises a compressed portion and a non-compressed portion wherein the compressed portion comprises a mould and dissolves at a faster rate than the non-compressed portion on a weight by weight basis, measured using the SOTAX dissolution test method, and the non-compressed portion is at least partially retained within the mould.