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EP 0 510 944 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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10.03.1993 Bulletin 1993/10 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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28.10.1992 Bulletin 1992/44 |
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Date of filing: 22.04.1992 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IT LI LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
22.04.1991 US 688794
13.01.1992 US 821736
21.01.1992 US 822783
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Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company |
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New York, N.Y. 10022-7499 (US) |
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Inventors: |
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- Prencipe, Michael
East Windsor,
New Jersey (US)
- Loprest, Frank J.
Langhorne,
Pennsylvania (US)
- McCandlish, Elizabeth F.
Highland Park,
New Jersey (US)
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Representative: Kearney, Kevin David Nicholas et al |
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KILBURN & STRODE
30 John Street
London, WC1N 2DD
London, WC1N 2DD (GB) |
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Linear viscoelastic automatic dishwasher compositions |
(57) A linear viscoelastic aqueous liquid automatic dishwasher detergent composition comprising
water; up to-2% by weight of long chain fatty acid or salt thereof; from 0 to 5% by
weight of organic detergent; from 5 to 40% by weight of alkali metal detergent builder
salt; up to 20% by weight of a chlorine bleach compound; and 0.1 to 5.0.% of a cross-linked
copolymer of methyl vinyl ether and maleic anhydride which is crosslinked with at
least 0.5 weight % of an aliphatic diene having 6 to 20 carbon atoms.