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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Paul Ferguson, Wirral, GB;
Christopher Clarkson Jones, Wirral, GB;
David Richard Arthur Mealing, Wirral, GB;
Inventors:
Paul Ferguson, Wirral, GB;
Christopher Clarkson Jones, Wirral, GB;
David Richard Arthur Mealing, Wirral, GB;
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of polysaccharide grafted latex particles wherein the polysaccharide has β-1,4 linkages, wherein the process comprises core/shell emulsion polymerisation. Preferably, the process comprises a single step of preparing the latex particles by emulsion polymerisation of latex monomers with the simultaneous grafting of the polysaccharide.