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EP 0 835 925 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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27.01.1999 Bulletin 1999/04 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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15.04.1998 Bulletin 1998/16 |
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Date of filing: 26.08.1997 |
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AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE |
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Priority: |
09.09.1996 US 707843
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Applicants: |
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- UNILEVER N.V.
3000 DK Rotterdam (NL)
- UNILEVER PLC
London EC4P 4BQ (GB)
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- Angevaare, Petrus Adrianus J.M.
Edgewater, NJ 07020 (US)
- Winters, John Robert
Edgewater, NJ 07020 (US)
- Carnali, Joseph Oreste
Edgewater, NJ 07020 (US)
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Representative: Tansley, Sally Elizabeth |
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Unilever PLC,
Patent Division,
Colworth House
Sharbrook,
Bedford MK44 1LQ
Sharbrook,
Bedford MK44 1LQ (GB) |
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A request for correction of the description has been filed pursuant to Rule 88 EPC.
A decision on the request will be taken during the proceedings before the Examining
Division (Guidelines for Examination in the EPO, A-V, 3.). |
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Machine dishwashing composition containing amphoteric polymers |
(57) A composition and method of preventing lime soap deposition on tableware cleaned
in a machine dishwasher are described. The detergent composition contains an effective
amount of an amphoteric polymer and a lipolytic enzyme as described.