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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5490944 | Liquid fabric softener compositions A clear, water-soluble fabric softening composition has been developed from a blend of a quaternary ammonium salt and an amido imidazolinium compound dissolved in water. The former may be an hydrogenated tallow 2-ethylhexyl ammonium methosulfate and the l... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5437810 | Aqueous liquid detergent compositions containing oxidized polysaccharides An aqueous heavy duty liquid detergent composition of controlled viscosity is disclosed. The composition comprises a homogeneous mixture of at least one water soluble anionic organic detergent, at least one detergent builder, an oxidized polysaccharide vi... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437686 | Peroxygen bleach composition activated by bi and tricyclic diketones Bleaching compositions comprising an inorganic peroxygen compound and a bicyclic or tricyclic diketone as an activator for the peroxygen compound. The composition preferably comprises about 1 to about 75% of the peroxygen bleaching compound and about 1 to... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5434190 | N-aryl and N-cycloalkyl neoalkanamide insect repellents N-monosubstituted neoalkanamides of 11 to 14 carbon atoms wherein the substituent on the amide nitrogen is cyclic (aromatic or cycloaliphatic, such as aryl or cycloalkyl) and of at least five carbon atoms, have been discovered to be insect repellent, prov... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5434189 | N-alkyl neotridecanamide insect repellents N-lower alkyl neoalkanamides of 1 to 2 carbon atoms in the lower alkyl thereof, and of 12 to 14 carbon atoms in the noalkanoyl group, e.g., N-methyl- and N-ethyl neotridecanamides, are new compounds which have insect repellent properties, being especially... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433869 | Liquid fabric conditioning composition containing amidoamine softening compound This invention relates to fabric conditioning compositions containing inorganic acid salts of defined amidoamine compounds in combination with a carboxylic acid, which compositions are characterized by superior environmental compatibility relative to conv... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5419842 | Anionic fabric softening composition containing pentaerythritol softener An anionic fabric softening emulsion composition containing a pentaerythritol softener, an anionic emulsifying agent, and, optionally, a nonionic emulsifier.... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5391578 | N-lower alkyl neoalkanamide insect repellents N-lower alkyl neoalkanamides are liquid state isomeric mixtures. Such new compounds are mixtures of isomeric secondary amides which have insect repellent properties, being especially effective against German cockroaches. They may be applied directly to su... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5380458 | Stabilized hypohalite compositions The present invention provides for dilute aqueous hypohalite solutions stabilized against decomposition catalyzed by copper ions present in said solution containing a small amount of a multidentate heteroaromatic stabilizer compound including the general ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5368755 | Free-flowing powder fabric softening composition and process for the manufacture of a free-flowing fabric softening composition A process of producing a free-flowing spray-dried particulate fabric softening composition is described which comprises: (a) forming a crutcher slurry containing: (i) from about 5 to 40%, by weight, of a cationic quaternary ammonium softening compound; (ii) fr... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5364553 | Stabilized built aqueous liquid softergent compositions The preferred "softergent" compositions include a clay softener, a mixture of anionic and nonionic surfactants, and detergent builder(s). The detergent builder is preferably a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite. Stabilization is achieved using an antiflo... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5358647 | Fabric softening products based on a combination of pentaerythritol compound and bentonite A fabric softening product is a composition or article that is effective for its fabric softening purpose but preferably excludes ecotoxic quaternary ammonia salt, includes, as a fabric softening component, a PEC, which is an ester of pentaerythritol, an ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5332513 | Particulate fabric softening and detergent compositions A particulate fabric softening composition and a particulate fabric softening detergent composition are described, both of which include bentonite powder agglomerated into larger particulate bead or granule form with a normally solid co-melt of a pentaery... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5290459 | Biodegradable fabric softening compositions based on pentaerythritol esters and free of quaternary ammonium compounds A fabric softening composition or article that is effective for its fabric softening purpose but does not include ecotoxic quaternary ammonium salt, includes, as a fabric softening component, an ester of pentaerythritol, an ester of an oligomer of pentaer... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5288847 | Fabric conditioning composition containing alkanol amine ester and acid Environmentally compatible and biodegradable fabric conditioning compositions are provided having improved softening properties while providing significant reduction and solubilization of unwanted mineral encrustations on the fabrics to be softened. The c... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5259964 | Free-flowing powder fabric softening composition and process for its manufacture A free-flowing, spray-dried, particulate rinse cycle fabric softening composition and a method of its use are described. The composition comprises designated amount of quaternary ammonium softening compound, a detergent compound, urea and water.... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5258408 | Process of repelling insects from an area by application of N-alkyl neoalkanamide insect repellent thereto N-lower alkyl neoalkanamides (N-lower alkyl trialkylacetamides of certain types) of 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the lower alkyl thereof and of 5 to 14 carbon atoms in the neoalkanoyl (or trialkylacetyl) group, e.g., N-methyl- and N-ethyl neodecanamides and N-m... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5245512 | Nonisotropic solution polarizable material and electrical components produced therefrom A polarizable material that includes a nonisotropic solution useful for making electrical devices. In one embodiment, the polarizable material is comprised of commercially available solid bar soap, neat soap or a polymorphic solid solution and employed as... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5221495 | Enzyme stabilizing composition and stabilized enzyme containing built detergent compositions A three component enzyme stabilization system including boric acid, citric acid and calcium ions helps maintain the enzyme activity of aqueous built detergent compositions in accelerated aging (multiple freeze-thaw cycles). The preferred detergent composi... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5204010 | Cationic/anionic surfactant complex antistatic and fabric softening emulsion for wash cycle laundry applications An emulsion of cationic/anionic surfactant complex is provided, for addition to the wash water in the wash cycle operation of automatic washing machines, to make washed and dried laundry softer to the touch and static-free. Major advantages of the inventi... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5192460 | Safe acidic hard surface cleaner An acidic aqueous cleaner, preferably in emulsion or microemulsion form, which is of a pH in the range of one to four and is useful for cleaning hard surfaced items, such as bathtubs, sinks, tiles and porcelains, and even some such items which are not aci... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5182304 | N-lower alkyl neodecanamide insect repellents N-lower alkyl neoalkanamides (N-lower alkyl trialkylacetamides of certain types) of 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the lower alkyl thereof and of 5 to 14 carbon atoms in the neoalkanoyl (or trialkylacetyl) group, e.g., N-methyl- and N-ethyl neodecanamides and N-m... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5110506 | Soil release promoting liquid detergent composition containing a PET-POET copolymer and a narrow range alcohol ethoxylate Soil release promoting liquid detergent compositions, suitable for washing lanundry and depositing soil release promoting copolymer on such laundry, are disclosed, which include a narrow range ethoxylate nonionic detergent (NRE), a soil release promoting ... | 05/05/1992 |
