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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:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Deborah Winetzky, Foster City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genencor International, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06C 1/12 ; C11D 1/72 ; C11D 3/06 ; C11D 3/10 ; C11D 3/386 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06C 1/12 ; C11D 1/72 ; C11D 3/06 ; C11D 3/10 ; C11D 3/386 ;
Abstract
A novel textile treatment composition is provided which comprises a builder which does not comprise a significant portion of zeolite. A novel detergent is provided which comprises the following ingredients: (a) 3-25% of water by weight; (b) 20-50% of an alcohol ethoxylate by weight; (c) 5-30% of soda ash by weight; (d) 20-50% of a phosphate type builder by weight; and (e) an alkaline cellulase. The detergent provides optimum conditions for the activity of the alkaline cellulase on the fabrics in the laundry.