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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith Homer Baker, Union Township, OH (US);
Ulrich Kleinsteuber, Grimbergen, BE;
Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Wylam, GB;
Massimo Morini, Overijse, BE;
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/395 ; A61F 2/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/395 ; A61F 2/00 ;
Abstract
A hydrophobic bleaching agent comprising a peroxyacid having a carbon chain of at least 9 carbon atoms is used for the reduction of the activity of micro-organisms that have a cell wall containing high levels of peptidoglycan. Such micro-organisms include yeast and gram positive bacteria.