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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177858 | Fabric softening laundry detergent Aqueous laundry detergent compositions containing surfactants and fatty acid, having a pH of from about 6 to about 11 and containing a polymer having a number average molecular weight of from about 700,000 to about 4,000,000 and comprising monomeric units including:... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177857 | Laundry compositions containing an ampholytic polymer and their use There is provided a laundry composition comprising i) at least one laundry component selected from the group consisting of surfactants, softening agents, and mixtures thereof and ii) at least one ampholytic polymer comprising, as polymerize... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8147563 | Organic catalyst with enhanced enzyme compatibility This invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising organic catalysts having enhanced enzyme compatibility and processes for making and using such cleaning compositions. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8128712 | Process for protecting the colors of colored textile articles or for providing crease resistance to textile articles The invention concerns a composition for cotton textile care in particular, comprising an anionic polysaccharide (in particular anionic polygalactomannan) having a mole weight higher than 250000. The composition can be a solid or liquid detergent formulation, a liqu... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8100987 | Cleaning fluid and methods Cleaning fluids that include n-propyl bromide and an additive that includes a non-hazardous stabilizer component, a pH-balancing agent, an odor-controlling agent, or a combination thereof. Also included are a method for cleaning textile absorbers and removing extran... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8075637 | Modified lignin biopolymer useful in cleaning compositions Novel modified lignin polymers containing anionic, cationic, and/or alkoxy substitution are disclosed. Further, new cleaning compositions including the novel substituted lignin polymers are disclosed. Methods of forming the modified lignin polymers and cleaning comp... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075636 | Method and device for the wet treatment of items to be washed An inline washing system to be formed from a tunnel-type washing machine (10) which only washes the items of laundry is described. Rinsing and also water removal are then performed in the downstream water-removal press (18). It has been found that the ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8062382 | Shading composition The present invention provides a laundry treatment composition comprising a cationic azine dye. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062381 | Liquid membrane compatible detergent formulation comprising branched alkoxylated fatty alcohols as non-ionic surfactants The invention relates to a liquid detergent concentrate composition comprising an emulsion having an aqueous phase and an oil phase, the composition comprises based on the whole concentrate 1 to 50 wt-% of one or more alkalinity source, 1 to 60 wt-% of a guerbet alc... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8038729 | Liquid fabric conditioner composition and method of use The invention includes a method of conditioning fabrics, comprising contacting fabric with a liquid composition comprising an amino-functional silicone and a quaternary ammonium, and drying said fabric at 200 degrees F. or greater. The invention includes a method of... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038730 | Fiber product treating agent The present invention relates to a fiber product treating agent containing, in a predetermined mass ratio, (a1) a silicone compound and (b) a polymer compound having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000, containing an alkylene terephthalate unit and... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8034123 | Boosting cleaning power of detergents by means of a polymer Textiles are washed by a method comprising contacting the textile with a cleaning composition comprising a copolymer comprising styrene, methacrylic acid, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, and methyl acrylate. ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8021436 | Cleaning and/or treatment compositions comprising a xyloglucan conjugate This invention relates to compositions comprising a xyloglucan conjugate and processes for making and using such compositions including the use of such compositions to clean and/or treat a situs. ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8021437 | Organic catalyst with enhanced enzyme compatiblity This invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising organic catalysts having enhanced enzyme compatibility and processes for making and using such cleaning compositions. ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7967871 | Polymers for laundry applications The present invention relates to use of a compound for promoting antiredeposition during laundering of a textile fabric, in which the compound is a polymer comprising a polysaccharide backbone substituted by one or more groups -L-R1, where L represents an... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959685 | Detergent compositions comprising a polyaspartate derivative The present invention provides a laundry detergent composition, a process for making said composition, the use of the composition in a laundry detergent and a method for treating fabric with the composition. Said laundry detergent compositions comprise a polyasparta... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7947086 | Method for cleaning household fabric-based surface with premoistened wipe Premoistened wipes for household use. The wipes are disposable. The wipes may be used to treat household surfaces including fabric-based surfaces. The wipes may include microencapsulated materials such as perfume and/or other benefit agents. The present invention al... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947087 | Color transfer inhibitors, detergent compositions containing the same and uses therefor Detergent compositions comprising a color transfer inhibitor and optionally surfactant(s), the color transfer inhibitor comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of triazine derivatives corresponding to general formulae I and II: ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7883549 | Graying-inhibiting liquid washing composition An aqueous liquid laundry detergent containing methylcarboxymethyl cellulose having a degree of methylation in the range from 0.01 to 0.3, surfactant, and at least one typical ingredient of laundry detergents. The detergent inhibits graying of textile fabrics during... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7871444 | Method of testing for ATP load in commercial laundry and for data tracking the results A method of testing for sanitization of textiles comprises the steps of cleaning textiles in a water solution and testing the water solution for the presence of contaminants such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP), typically with a luminometer. Typically, the water sol... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7854771 | Laundry detergent composition comprising glycosyl hydrolase The present invention relates to a laundry detergent composition comprising glycosyl hydrolase. The compositions of the present invention also comprises a polymer that, when used in combination with the glycosyl hydrolase, enables compaction of the surfactant system... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7854770 | Detergent composition comprising a surfactant system and a pyrophosphate A detergent composition comprising: from 0.01% to 90% by weight of a surfactant system, one or more detergency builder(s), comprising a phosphate builder, and the phosphate builder containing pyrophosphate, | 12/21/2010 |
| 7824448 | Process for stain removal Disclosed are processes whereby stains on a variety of substrates may be removed by treating a stained area of a substrate with a solution of a sulfonamide compound. The sulfonamide-containing solutions are particularly useful as stain removal agents for stains whic... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7794507 | Textile treatment There is disclosed a method for treating textiles comprising applying to the textile an enzyme having a specific activity towards the textile, under conditions such that there is substantially no mechanical agitation. ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7776103 | Use of alkoxylated polyol derivatives for treating textiles Described is a process for washing, cleaning or aftertreatment of laundry comprising treating the laundry with compounds of formula (II): wherein R″, independently of each other, represent a hydrogen atom or a sulfur-cont... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7749282 | Methods of using heterogeneous cleaning compositions The present invention relates to methods of using heterogeneous cleaning compositions, particularly for cleaning an article. ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7695523 | Cleaning method This invention relates to a method of softening water and/or in which the deposition of hard water scale is inhibited. The invention relates in particular to such a method carried out in a domestic environment, in particular in ware-washing machines. In particular t... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7682403 | Method for treating laundry A method for treating laundry is provided. The method includes steps of applying a bleaching and antimicrobial composition to laundry in a laundry washing machine at a first pH that favors bleaching properties and at a second pH that favors antimicrobial properties,... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7670389 | Use of polymers based on modified polyamines as additives for detergents The use of water-soluble or water-dispersible polymers obtainable by reaction of (a) polyalkylenepolyamines, polyamidoamines or ethyleneimine-grafted polyamidoamines or mixtures thereof, (b) if desired at least bifunctional crosslinkers and... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7635393 | Liquid laundry detergent with an alkoxylated ester surfactant and urea An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition comprising an alkoxylated carboxylic acid surfactant and urea at pH 6-8. The composition has improved performance on grass stain removal. ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7628823 | Method of testing for ATP load in commercial laundry and for data tracking the results A method of testing for sanitization of textiles comprises the steps of cleaning textiles in a water solution and testing the water solution for the presence of contaminants such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP), typically with a luminometer. Typically, the water sol... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7559955 | Surfactants useful in the removal of oily soil from fabric Oily soil may be removed from a fabric by washing the oily soiled fabric in a heated (e.g., between about 100° C. to about 200° C. aqueous solution containing a polyethylenepolypropylene diblock surfactant having about 30 to 35 moles of propylene oxide (PO) and ab... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7556654 | Methods for cleaning materials Methods are disclosed for cleaning a material by applying a cleaning composition having one or more biosurfactants and one or more enzymes to the material. During use, the material is agitated with the cleaning composition. The cleaning composition can be used as a ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7517366 | Multiuse, solid cleaning device and composition A multiuse laundry cleaning device in a solid state containing a homogeneous quantity of cleaning agent configured to dissolve and release a substantially consistent quantity of cleaning agent over a plurality of laundry wash and rinse cycles. The cleaning agent inc... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7513915 | Process for stain removal Disclosed are processes whereby stains on a variety of substrates may be removed by treating a stained area of a substrate with a solution of a sulfonamide compound. The sulfonamide-containing solutions are particularly useful as stain removal agents for stains whic... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7497877 | Solvent cleaning process An improved solvent cleaning process of cleaning a non-aqueous solvent used in a dry cleaning process for fabrics including consecutive wash cycles for washing respective fabrics batches, including a basic solvent refining cycle and a first advanced solvent refining... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7494512 | Compositions and methods for cleaning textile substrates This invention relates to new compositions and methods for cleaning textile substrates, especially carpet and upholstery fabrics. More particularly, this invention relates to liquid compositions that contain absorbent particles in a flowable fluid dispersion, which ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7479165 | Method of laundry washing The invention provides a method of washing a laundry fabric in a wash liquor in a washing machine, the wash liquor containing surfactant material, wherein during a single wash cycle no more than 10% by weight of the wash liquor is drained from the washing machine, w... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7476258 | Method of laundry washing The invention provides a method of washing a laundry fabric in a wash liquor in a washing machine, wherein during a single wash cycle no more than 10% by weight of the wash liquor is drained from the washing machine, wherein the method comprises the step of varying ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7445643 | Automatic machine laundering of fabrics Provided is a method of laundering fabrics in an automatic washing machine having a drum, wherein the automatic washing machine is operated so as to cause it to run through at least one wash cycle and at least one rinse cycle, which method comprises: during the at l... | 11/04/2008 |
