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(11) EP 0 574 236 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.08.1994 Bulletin 1994/35

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.12.1993 Bulletin 1993/50

(21) Application number: 93304459.6

(22) Date of filing: 08.06.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: C11D 3/37, C11D 3/02, C11D 3/12, C11D 3/08, C11D 17/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IE IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 08.06.1992 US 873265

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Farooq, Amjad
    Somerset, New Jersey (US)
  • Dixit, Nagaraj S.
    Plainsboro, New Jersey (US)
  • Mehreteab, Ammanuel
    Piscataway, New Jersey (US)
  • Drapier, Julien
    B-4100 Seraing (BE)

(74) Representative: Kearney, Kevin David Nicholas et al
KILBURN & STRODE 30 John Street
London, WC1N 2DD
London, WC1N 2DD (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Aqueous composition containing a non-crosslinked polymer for augmenting viscosity


    (57) A polymeric viscosification agent which comprises a mixture of an amphoteric material and a water soluble, low molecular weight, non crosslinked anionic polymer in a weight ratio of the non crosslinked anionic polymer to the amphoteric material of about 15:1 to about 1:1.





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