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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435715 | Microcapsules Microcapsules for use in liquid detergents having a core and a polyelectrolyte complex shell in the form of a semipermeable membrane capable of withstanding a force before bursting of from about 20 mN to about 20,00 N and having a density of from about 900 Kg/m... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7345016 | Photo bleach lipophilic fluid cleaning compositions The present invention relates to compositions comprising photosenitizer that can be used to provide lipophilic fluids with bleaching capabilities, lipophilic fluid cleaning compositions having bleaching capabilities and processes of making and using same. Such compo... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7285522 | Bleaching with improved whitening The invention provides methods, compositions and kits for increasing the brightness retention of a fabric laundered using a hypohalite-generating bleach by employing an amount of bromide-releasing compound sufficient to provide between 0.1 to about 1.5 moles of brom... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7235518 | Fabric care compositions comprising hueing dye Fabric conditioning compositions comprising a fabric care active and a hueing dye, wherein the hueing dye exhibits a hueing efficiency of at least about 20 according to the Hueing Efficiency Test method; and a Wash Removal Value from about 50% to about 98%, are usef... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6593286 | Consumer product compositions comprising photosensitive materials as photobleaches or photodisinfectants Consumer product compositions such as laundry detergents comprising selected photosensitive compounds for photobleaching, photodisinfection, antibacterial activity, hueing or other benefits. The compositions are preferably formulated with detersive surfac... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6544296 | Enhanced fabric comprising substrates and process to provide same The present invention relates to substrate comprising fabric, the substrate treated with a composition comprising: a) an aldehyde, said aldehyde a mono-functional aldehyde, a di-functional aldehyde, or mixtures thereof; b) a polyethylene glycol having the form... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6436888 | -amylase mutants The invention relates to a variant of a parent Termamyl-like a-amylase, which variant has a-amylase activity and exhibits an alteration in at least one of the following properties relative to parent a-amylase: substrate specificity, substrate binding, sub... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6159920 | Sprayed granule A detergent composition comprises detergent particles, each particle having a substantially anhydrous coating comprising a fluorescent whitening agent and a nonionic surfactant. A process for the preparation of the said detergent composition comprises spr... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6143708 | -amylase mutants The invention relates to a variant of a parent Termamyl-like -amylase, which variant has a-amylase activity and exhibits an alteration in at least one of the following properties relative to said parent a-amylase: substrate specificity, substrate b... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6139587 | Wet cleaning of delicate, non-structured garments with minimized wrinkling, shrinkage and color damage A method for laundering non-structured garments which are unsuitable for water washing and which are to be cleaned without wrinkling, shrinkage or color damage.... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6133215 | Fluorescent whitening agent There is provided a white crystal form of the compound having the formula: ##STR1## whose crystal form is characterised by an X-ray diffraction diagram which is essentially as shown in Table I, II or III. Also provided is a formulation comprising fro... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6080711 | Powder detergent composition and method of making A powdered laundry detergent is provided with (a) a powder laundry detergent base that includes an inorganic carrier and a surfactant and (b) post-added acidulant and discrete whitening agent particles to provide a detergent having improved cool water sol... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6046149 | Detergent compositions There is provided a detergent composition containing an amylase enzyme and a builder system comprising an aluminosilicate zeolite, a crystalline layered silicate and most preferably an organic polymeric compound wherein the weight ratio of said crytalline... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6017866 | Lipases with improved surfactant resistance The present invention provides mutant lipases which retain lipase activity, but have improved surfactant resistance and are thus highly advantageous for use in detergent compositions. Preferred lipases of this type include modified functional forms of a l... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5998351 | Discrete whitening agent particles method of making, and powder detergent containing same A powdered laundry detergent is provided with discrete whitening agent particles that do not adversely affect the bulk appearance of the detergent during storage. The detergent includes from about 5% to about 80% of an inorganic carrier, from about 1% to ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5965516 | N-alkyl polyhydroxy fatty acid amide compositions and their method of synthesis The present invention concerns aqueous surfactant composition comprising poly hydroxy fatty acid amides of formula (A), ##STR1## wherein R2 is C11 -C19 alkyl, alkenyl or mixtures thereof, Z is a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5942483 | High molecular weight, solid state active detergent A high molecular weight, solid state active detergent made by mixing two pilled materials at a predetermined ratio, the detergent containing sodium lauryl sulfate, fatty alcohol polyoxyetbylene (9) ether (AEO-9)!, CMC (carboxymethyl cellulose), EDTA (et... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5750748 | N-alkyl polyhydroxy fatty acid amide compositions and their method of synthesis A process for the preparation of a surfactant composition comprising N-methyl polyhydroxy fatty acid amide and N-alkyl (C3-C8) polyhydroxy fatty acid amide comprises mixing N-methyl polyhydroxy fatty acid amine and N-alkyl (C3-C8) polyhydroxy fatty acid a... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5714450 | Detergent composition containing discrete whitening agent particles A powdered laundry detergent is provided with discrete whitening agent particles that do not adversely affect the bulk appearance of the detergent during storage. The detergent includes from about 5% to about 80% of an inorganic carrier, from about 1% to ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5714456 | Process for making discrete whitening agent particles A process for preparing discrete whitening agent particles that includes the steps of providing a whitening agent, admixing a surfactant that is a solid in a temperature range of from about 32° F. (0° C.) to about 180° F. (82° C.) with the whitening a... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5714451 | Powder detergent composition and method of making A powdered laundry detergent is provided with (a) a powder laundry detergent base that includes an inorganic carrier and a surfactant and (b) post-added acidulant and discrete whitening agent particles to provide a detergent having improved cool water sol... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5559090 | Stable, hydrogen peroxide-containing bleaching compositions Aqueous acidic bleaching compositions are described which comprise hydrogen peroxide and a specific class of surfactants which stabilize hydrogen peroxide.... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5529710 | Production of detergent granules with excellent white appearance A high active detergent paste composition which is suitable for making detergent granules which have an excellent white appearance making them suitable for use in consumer products. The paste compositions comprise a dye or optical brightener.... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5494599 | Agglomeration of high active pastes to form surfactant granules useful in detergent compositions A process for making a free-flowing granular detergent contemplates mixing an aqueous surfactant paste that has a detergency activity of at least 40% with a dry detergency powder to form a mix, rapidly forming a uniform mixture at a temperature of from ab... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5397493 | Process for making concentrated heavy duty detergents The present invention relates to a process for reducing viscosity and improving draining characteristics of a structured lamellar composition by maintaining specific order of addition. More specifically, by adding to a composition a premix comprising F-dy... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5298183 | Soap powder compositions A soap powder having a bulk density of at least 600 g/liter contains 35-80 wt % of organic detergent-active material, of which 70-100 wt % is fatty acid soap of low (ࣘ20° C.) Krafft temperature, and 20-65 wt % of inorganic and/or builder salts, and may... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5234628 | Paste-form, low-foaming non-phosphate detergent A paste-form, non-phosphate detergent which is particularly suitable for the washing of heavily soiled working apparel and which generates no troublesome foam essentially contains (A) 1 to 3% by weight sodium alkyl benzene sulfonate having linear C9-... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5219549 | Bleaching detergent composition A bleaching detergent composition is disclosed which contains granulated sodium percarbonate incorporated therein formed by separately spraying an aqueous boric acid solution and an aqueous alkali metal silicate solution onto sodium percarbonate particles... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5178798 | Formation of detergent granules by deagglomeration of detergent dough The present invention provides a process for making detergent granules by forming a doughy mass comprising surfactant and/or water-soluble organic polymer and/or detergent builder, and then granulating by mixing a deagglomerating agent into the doughy mas... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5164108 | Process for preparing high bulk density detergent compositions A process for preparing a granular detergent composition or component having a bulk density of at least 550 g/l, which comprises (i) feeding a liquid acid precursor of an anionic surfactant, a solid water-soluble alkaline inorganic material and optionally othe... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5151208 | Detergent powders and process for their preparation Detergent powders built with sodium carbonate and having improved flow properties are prepared by a process in which a selected acid, for example, succinic acid or alkylbenzene sulphonic acid, is added to a slurry in order to transform sodium carbonate in... | 09/29/1992 |
| 4828721 | Particulate detergent compositions and manufacturing processes A particulate detergent composition, preferably of relatively high bulk density, comprises agglomerate particles of clay, such as bentonite, and anionic synthetic organic detergent, of particle sizes in a certain desired range, with each particle thereof ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4767546 | Fabric softening bentonite agglomerates for use in laundry detergents Bentonite agglomerates are made which are suitable for use as a particulate fabric softener for softening washed laundry, especially when incorporated in detergent compositions by mixing with spray dried beads containing essential detergent composition co... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4725455 | Process for manufacturing particulate built nonionic synthetic organic detergent composition comprising polyacetal carboxylate and polyphosphate builders A particulate built nonionic synthetic organic detergent composition includes a detersive proportion of a nonionic synthetic organic detergent and a building proportion, in combination, of a polyacetal carboxylate builder for the nonionic detergent and a ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4720399 | Process for manufacture of particulate built nonionic synthetic organic detergent composition comprising polyacetal carboxylate and carbonate and bicarbonate builders A particulate built nonionic synthetic organic detergent composition includes a detersive proportion of a nonionic synthetic organic detergent and a building proportion, in combination, of a polyacetal carboxylate builder for the nonionic detergent and ca... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4715979 | Granular detergent compositions having improved solubility Spray dried detergent granules containing high levels of certain surfactants are compacted under certain conditions and admixed with other ingredients to form dense, rapidly dissolving detergent compositions.... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4699729 | Process for manufacturing bentonite-containing particulate fabric softening detergent composition A fabric softening particulate synthetic organic detergent composition is made by mixing together a minor proportion of a finely divided bentonite powder and a major proportion of larger sized built synthetic organic detergent composition particles, spray... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4619774 | Fabric softening heavy duty liquid detergent and process for manufacture thereof A fabric softening heavy duty liquid detergent, useful for both cleaning and softening laundry, includes certain proportions of sodium linear higher alkylbenzene sulfonate, sodium alkyl polyethoxy sulfate, builder salt (highly preferably a mixture of sodi... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4569773 | Particulate fabric softening detergent composition A particulate fabric softening detergent composition comprises certain proportions of synthetic organic detergent, builder salt, bentonite (preferably a swelling Wyoming bentonite) and water insoluble soap (preferably aluminum stearate). The detergent com... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4526702 | Process for manufacturing bentonite-containing particulate fabric softening detergent composition A fabric softening particulate synthetic organic detergent composition is made by mixing together a minor proportion of a finely divided bentonite powder and a major proportion of larger sized built synthetic organic detergent composition particles, spray... | 07/02/1985 |
