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(11) EP 0 336 740 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.03.1990 Bulletin 1990/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.10.1989 Bulletin 1989/41

(21) Application number: 89303376.1

(22) Date of filing: 05.04.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4C11D 1/83, C11D 1/28
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 06.04.1988 GB 8808041

(71) Applicants:
  • UNILEVER PLC
    London EC4P 4BQ (GB)

    GB 
  • UNILEVER N.V.
    3013 AL Rotterdam (NL)

    CH DE ES FR IT LI NL SE 

(72) Inventors:
  • Hull, Michael
    Helsby Warrington WA6 9PS (GB)
  • Scowen, Reginald Vear
    Wirral Merseyside L63 0EN (GB)
  • Giles, Dennis
    Wirral Merseyside L63 0EH (GB)

(74) Representative: Ford, Michael Frederick et al
MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway
London WC2B 6HP
London WC2B 6HP (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Detergent composition


    (57) A fabric washing detergent composition includes a surfactant system which is a combination of (i) fatty acid ester sulphonate which is butyl or higher ester and (ii) nonionic surfactant with HLB less than 10.5.





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