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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. 17, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Helmut Maier, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Tomoaki Nakasone, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Helmut Maier, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Tomoaki Nakasone, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Starch is removed from the surface of an article using a multi-step method that includes presoaking the article in an acidic solution to remove the starch from the surface of the article and washing the article in an alkaline solution to clean the article.