(19)
(11) EP 0 325 109 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.05.1991 Bulletin 1991/18

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.07.1989 Bulletin 1989/30

(21) Application number: 89100110.9

(22) Date of filing: 05.01.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: C11D 3/395, C11D 3/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 21.01.1988 US 146513

(71) Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
New York, N.Y. 10022-7499 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Broze, Guy
    Grace-hollogne (BE)
  • Lysy, Regis
    Olne (BE)
  • Delvenne, Jean-Paul
    Tilff (BE)

(74) Representative: UEXKÜLL & STOLBERG 
Patentanwälte Beselerstrasse 4
22607 Hamburg
22607 Hamburg (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Sugar esters as detergency boosters


    (57) A heavy duty detergent composition having incorporated therein a sugar ester which provides detergency boosting properties to the detergent composition. The sugar ester contains at least one long-chain fatty acid.





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