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EP 0 846 757 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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24.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/47 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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10.06.1998 Bulletin 1998/24 |
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Date of filing: 11.11.1997 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE |
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Designated Extension States: |
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AL LT LV MK RO SI |
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Priority: |
05.12.1996 US 760850
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Applicants: |
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- UNILEVER N.V.
3000 DK Rotterdam (NL)
BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GR IT LI LU NL PT SE AT
- UNILEVER PLC
London EC4P 4BQ (GB)
GB IE
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Inventors: |
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- Nicholson, John Richard
Edgewater, NJ 07020 (US)
- Piatek, Bozena Marianna
Edgewater, NJ 07020 (US)
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Representative: Tansley, Sally Elizabeth et al |
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Unilever PLC,
Patent Division,
Colworth House
Sharbrook,
Bedford MK44 1LQ
Sharbrook,
Bedford MK44 1LQ (GB) |
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Machine dishwashing gel composition |
(57) A detergent gel composition which both delivers high performance cleaning and does
not discolor in storage is described. The composition contains 0.001 wt. % to 5 wt.
% of an inorganic compound such as titanium dioxide, 1 to 75% by wt. of a builder
material, an effective amount of an oxygen bleaching agent, and 0.01 to 2.0% by weight
of an azole compound.