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EP 0 332 270 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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16.05.1990 Bulletin 1990/20 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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13.09.1989 Bulletin 1989/37 |
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Date of filing: 06.03.1989 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE |
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Priority: |
11.03.1988 GB 8805837
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Applicants: |
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- UNILEVER N.V.
3013 AL Rotterdam (NL)
CH DE ES FR IT LI NL SE
- UNILEVER PLC
London EC4P 4BQ (GB)
GB
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- Martin, John Robert
Birkenhead
Merseyside L43 0RA (GB)
- Neillie, William Frederick Soutar
Wirral
Merseyside L48 2JT (GB)
- Turner, Graham Andrew
Wirral, Merseyside L62 6EA (GB)
- Wraige, Douglas
Chester, Cheshire, CH2 1NN (GB)
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Representative: Stancliffe, Terence Christopher et al |
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UNILEVER PLC
Patent Division
Colworth House
Sharnbrook
GB-Bedford MK44 1LQ
GB-Bedford MK44 1LQ (GB) |
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Fabric conditioning composition |
(57) A fabric conditioning composition comprises a cationic fabric softening agent, an
amine and an amphoteric material which is preferably an amine oxide. The combination
of the three components leads to an improvement in the softening benefit, delivered
to the fabrics even in the presence of anionic surface active materials carried over
from the wash cycle of a fabric laundering process. A method of use of the compositions
is also disclosed.