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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7893014 | Fabric treatment for stain release A fabric treatment composition that includes at least one zeta potential modifier and a hydrophobic agent with a melting point or glass transition temperature below 100° C. that imparts fabric protection benefits, including improved stain and soil resistance, oil r... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7439217 | Liquid laundry detergent comprising a cationic silicone polymer and a coacervate phase forming cationic polymer The invention is directed to a liquid laundry detergent composition comprising at least one detergent ingredient selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, and mixtures thereof; a coacervate phase formin... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7357987 | Fabric care composition comprising a polysaccharide-grafted polymer particle The present invention is directed to a polysaccharide-grafted polymer particle containing a lubricant wherein the polysaccharide is preferably a β-1,4 linked polysaccharide. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7304026 | Fabric care composition comprising polymer encapsulated fabric or skin beneficiating ingredient Fabric softening compositions are disclosed comprising: (a) from 0.01% to 50% by weight of a cationic or non-ionic softening compound; (b) at least 0.001% by weight of a water dispersible cross-linked cationic polymer derived from ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7273837 | Liquid laundry detergent comprising cationic silicone block copolymers The invention is directed to a liquid laundry detergent composition comprising at least one detergent ingredient selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, and mixtures thereof; a coacervate phase formin... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271142 | Process for making polymeric particles A particulate composition comprising particles which consist of a shell wall surrounding a hydrophilic core, wherein the shell wall is formed from a polymeric coacervate and wherein the particles comprise a polymeric amphipathic stabiliser. Also claimed is a process... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7211556 | Fabric care composition comprising polymer encapsulated fabric or skin beneficiating ingredient Fabric softening compositions are disclosed comprising: (a) from 0.01% to 50% by weight of a cationic or non-ionic softening compound; (b) at least 0.001% by weight of a water dispersible cross-linked cationic polymer derived from ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7196238 | Process for dimerizing light olefins The invention relates to a process for dimerizing lower, olefinic hydrocarbons. In particular, the present invention concerns a process for dimerizing C3–, C4 and C5-olefins with a medium pore zeolite under process conditions allow... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182941 | Method for reducing malodor impression on inanimate surfaces comprising uncomplexed cyclodextrin Methods of treating an inanimate object or inanimate surface which has malodor impression to reduce the malodor impression comprise the step of contacting the inanimate object or inanimate surface with an effective amount of a composition for reducing malodor impres... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179777 | Laundry treatment compositions comprising a polymer with a cationic and polydialkylsiloxane moiety A laundry treatment composition comprising at least one polymeric material comprising a cationic polymer moiety and a polydialkylsiloxane moiety, and at least one other component. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179778 | Liquid acid detergent comprising a phthaloylamino peroxy caproic acid Liquid aqueous washing agent containing nonionic surfactant, esterquat, and phthaloylaminoperoxycaproic acid and methods of disinfecting textiles therewith. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179781 | Heterogeneous cleaning composition The present invention relates to heterogeneous cleaning compositions, methods employing them, and methods of making them. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7119060 | Controlled delivery system for fabric care products The present invention relates to a controlled delivery system that can be incorporated in liquid, as well as, dry granular, or powder, fabric care products, such as fabric softeners, laundry detergents, rinse added products, and other fabric care products, to enhanc... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7077870 | Laundry composition A laundry treatment composition comprising composition comprising: i) a polymer having an average repeat unit of: in which R1-6 are independently of one another selected from H... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071156 | Composition based on nanoparticles or a nanolatex of polymers for fabric care Composition for fabric care, in particular for cotton-based fabrics, comprising nanoparticles or a nanolatex of a polymer which is insoluble under the direct and/or indirect working conditions of the said composition in an aqueous or wet medium. The composition may ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066006 | Method of collecting data relating to attributes of personal care articles and compositions Novel methods for measuring the soothing attributes of personal care compositions are disclosed. The methods disclosed are particularly suitable for measuring and comparing the soothing attributes of facial tissue to determine which facial tissue is most soothing to... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056875 | Substrate treating compositions comprising a C7 or higher monohydric alcohol The present invention is directed to a composition for improving substrate characteristics. The composition has a substrate enhancing agent, like a monohydric alcohol, and the composition reduces wrinkles in substrates that have not been subjected to ironing. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049276 | Clothes treatment for dry wrinkle resistance utilizing an aminosilicone containing a sterically hindered functional group The invention concerns the treatment of clothes for dry wrinkle resistance, in particular in-wear wrinkle resistance. The clothes are treated with an amino silicone, preferably one that contains sterically hindered functional groups. The silicone is preferably provi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7012053 | Fabric care composition and method comprising a fabric care polysaccharide and wrinkle control agent The present invention relates to fabric care compositions, methods, and articles of manufacture for treating fabrics, comprising an effective amount of fabric care polysaccharides with globular structure. Optionally, the composition can contain other ingredients to ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7012054 | Softening laundry detergent The present invention relates to fabric and textile conditioning compositions with improved particulate soil cleaning, containing particular combinations of cationic polymers and anionic surfactants in combination with a polyvinylpyrrolidone/amphiphilic carboxy cont... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6984336 | Clothes treatment for dry wrinkle resistance The invention concerns the treatment of clothes for dry wrinkle resistance, in particular in-wear wrinkle resistance. The clothes are treated with an amphoteric polymer and secured in the desired configuration, preferably during a process of ironing. ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6949498 | Laundry cleansing and conditioning compositions Fabric and textile conditioning compositions containing particular combinations of cationic polymers and anionic surfactants are disclosed. The polymers are soluble or dispersible to at least 0.01% by weight in distilled water at 25° C., are preferably below a part... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6927202 | Fabric conditioning compositions A concentrated, aqueous fabric softening composition comprises (a) an ester-linked quaternary ammonium fabric softening material comprising at least one mono-ester linked component and at least one tri-ester linked component, the material being derived from fatty gr... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6911054 | Use of cationically modified, particle-shaped, hydrophobic polymers as addition agents in rinsing, care, detergent and cleaning products Use of cationically modified, particulate, hydrophobic polymers, the surface of which has been cationically modified by coating with polyvalent metal ions and/or cationic surfactants, the particle size of which is 10 nm to 100 μm, as additive to rinse compositions,... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908490 | Use of cationically modified, particle-shaped, hydrophobic polymers as addition agents in textile rinsing or care products and as addition agents in detergents The invention relates to the use of cationically-modified, particle-shaped, hydrophobic polymers as addition agents in rinsing, care, detergent, and cleaning products. The surface of said polymers is cationically modified by means of a coating of cationic polymers a... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6833347 | Laundry detergent compositions with cellulosic polymers to provide appearance and integrity benefits to fabrics laundered therewith Disclosed are detergent compositions and methods which utilize certain modified cellulose ethers as fabric treatment agents that can impart fabric appearance and integrity benefits to fabrics and textiles laundered in washing solutions which contain such agents. Suc... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6793684 | Fabric care composition A fabric care composition, which is adapted for use in a domestic laundering process, comprises an anionic polymer which is capable of self cross-linking and/or of reacting with cellulosic fibers, such as cotton, and a textile compatible exhaustion agent which is al... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6755987 | Wrinkle reducing composition There are provided wrinkle reducing compositions and method for treating fabrics in order to improve various properties of fabrics, in particular, reduction or removal of unwanted wrinkles, by means of an aqueous composition comprising a nonionic polyhydric alcohol ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6750189 | Fabric enhancement compositions The fabric care compositions comprising A) from 0.1% to 10% by weight amino acid based polymers which are alkoxylated with an average of 0.1 to 30 alkyleneoxy units; B) from 1% to 80% by weight, of a fabric softening active; and C) the balance carriers and adjunct i... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6737392 | MDEA ester quats with high content of monoester in blends with tea ester quats A fabric softener composition in which a blend of high mono alkyl MDEA and TEA ester quats is provided. The fabric softener composition includes a blend of from about 15 to about 65%, by weight of the total blend, of a triethanol amine ester quat and from about 35 t... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6713442 | Detergent compositions A built particulate laundry detergent composition containing anionic sulphonate or sulphate surfactant and conventional ethoxylated alcohol nonionic surfactant also contains a low level of a highly ethoxylated alcohol nonionic surfactant having an average degree of ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6689735 | Detergent compositions A built laundry detergent composition contains a combination of anionic, nonionic and cationic surfactants which includes a highly ethoxylated nonionic surfactant which is a C8 -C16 alcohol ethoxylated with an average of from 20 to 5... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6680286 | Detergent composition comprising a quaternary ammonium salt of a carboxyl containing polymer Liquid detergent compositions, are disclosed, comprising a surfactant and a builder mainly comprised of a quaternary ammonium salt of a carboxyl-containing polymer, which has good compatibility with surfactants and is capable of providing excellent deterg... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6664223 | Fabric care composition containing polycarboxylate polymer and compound derived from urea An aqueous fabric care composition for use in the wash or rinse cycle of a washing machine for cleaning or softening of fabrics concomitant with providing improved benefits to treated fabrics relating to moisture absorption, fragrance deposition, soil rem... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6638903 | Non-staining red colorants and liquid fabric softener formulations comprising such non-staining colorants Fabric softener compositions comprising certain red colorants that exhibit excellent deep, dark red colorations (for aesthetic purposes) and mix very well with other colorants to provide differing red shades and tints therein, which simultaneously exhibit... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6627591 | Dye fixing composition A composition comprising a dye fixing agent, a N-heterocyclic polymer, and a nonionic surfactant is described which provides improved fabric color care upon laundry treatment. A method of use is also described in conjunction with a detergent or in a preso... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6610640 | Unit dose nonaqueous liquid softener disposed in water soluble container A water soluble container having disposed therein a nonaqueous liquid fabric softener composition.... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6608014 | Unit dose nonaqueous softener disposed in water soluble container A water soluble container having disposed therein a nonaqueous liquid fabric softener composition.... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6605582 | Unit dose softener disposed in water soluble container A water soluble container having disposed therein a granular fabric softener composition.... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6605581 | Unit dose nonaqueous liquid softener disposed in water soluble container A water soluble container having disposed therein a nonaqueous liquid fabric softener composition.... | 08/12/2003 |
