Title of Invention

METHOD OF TREATMENT OF FABRIC

Abstract A composition for treatment of a fabric, the composition comprising a naturally occurring polysaccharide gum having a β 1-4 linkage and an enzyme capable of cleaving said polysaccharide.
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IN/PCT/2001/00771/MUM
27/06/2001
THE PATENTS ACT, 1970 (39 OF 1970)
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
( See Section 10; rule 13 )
1. TITLE OF INVENTION METHOD OF TREATMENT OF FABRIC
2. HINDUSTAN LEVER LIMITED, Hindustan Lever House, 165/166, Backbay Reclamation, Mumbai - 400 020, Maharashtra, India, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1913
The following specification particularly describes the nature of the invention
and the manner in which it is to be performed.


Technical Field
The present invention relates to an oligomeric or polymeric material for deposition onto a fabric to endow a fabric care or other benefit to the fabric.
Background of the Invention
It is known, to use polysaccharide gums having a β1-4. linkage (hereinafter referred to as β1-4-polvsaccharides) as ingredients in detergent compositions, e.g. guar gum when used as a ihickener in liquid bleach compositions.
It is also known to use various different materials in laundry products for colour care, e.g. to reduce the fading of coloured dyes in the fabric due to repeated washes.
It is has now been found by the applicants that surprisingly, β1-4 polysaccharides also are useful in detergent products for colour care performance, as well as anti-pilling. Unfortunately, at the levels required for this purpose, the applicants have noticed a negative in terms of enhanced staining with particulate staiiis on the fabric.
This problem has now been overcome by combining the polysaccharides with an enzyme capable of cleaving them.
Techniques for reducing the molecular weight of naturally occurring polysaccharides are well known in the art.
Degradation of galactomannans, polyuronic acids and galactans by a thermal process in
an oxygen-free atmosphere is described in GB-A-1 042 438. ,

Galactomannans for anti-gelling of food products, by peroxide or acid hydrolysis is disclosed in GB-A-1 565 006.
GB-A-834 375 describes a method for retarding the degradation of galactomannans in hot aqueous systems by inclusion of certain water-soluble metal salts.
According to US-A-2 553 485, manno-galactans can be heat degraded to modify their adhesive properties.
The acid hydrolysis of partially hydrated carbohydrate gums at elevated temperatures is the subject of WO 93/15116.
Proteolytic degradation of tamarind seed kernel polysaccharide is described in US-A-3 480 511 and Ind. J. Technology, Vol. 8, September 1970, H.C. Srivastava et al, pp 347-349.
Another non-laundry use of low molecular polysaccharide is disclosed in GB-A-2 314 840. According to this teaching, polysaccharides having a molecular weight of between 1,000 and 50,000 are useful for wound dressings or peptide/protein binding.
As far as use of low molecular polysaccharides in surfactant-based products is concerned, EP-A-367 335 discloses use of a cationic guargum having a molecular weight of 50,000 - 100,000,000 preferably 100,000 - 500,000, especially 250,000 -400,000 to improve the feel of toilet bars based on alkali metal soaps. According to EP-A-227 321, the mildness of soap bars is improved using a hydrated cationic polymeric polysaccharide having from 5-6 saccharide units on average. Another soap bar containing a cationic polysaccharide having a molecular weight of 1,000 -[ 3,000,000, preferably 2,500 - 350,000 is disclosed in US-A-5 064 555.

US-A-4 179 382 discloses a textile softening agent which includes a cationic salt which optionally may be a cationic polysaccharide, e.g. having a molecular weight of 220,000.
US-A-5 510 052 discloses dishware pretreatment compositions which include a thickener which may be a polysaccharide gum, and an enzyme. However, there is no mention of enzymes such as cellulases or mannanases which can reduce the molecular weight of the polysaccharide, and there is no indication of use for laundering of fabrics.
A method of enhancing the ability of a polysaccharide to flow through a porous medium in aqueous solution by mixing it with an en2yme to cause hydrolytic degradation of the saccharide linkages is disclosed in US-A-4 326 037.
US-A-5443750 discloses a detergent composition, which contains clay and the polymer functions as a clay-flocculating agent If the polymer were susceptible to the activity of the enzyme then it would apparently be digested and the polymer would cease re flocculate the clay.
WO-A-9002790 discloses a "stone-wash" composition which contains a gelling agent. This would not gel if the gelling agent were susceptabile to the activity of the enzyme. The objective here does not appear to be to reduce damage.
WO-A-9817770 relates to compositions for retaining colour on ceilulosic fabrics. This contains a carboxylated polymer. These are derivatives of natural polymers and not natural polymers per se.
US-A-4610800 discloses a composition for unblocking drains. It contains very high cellulase levels that are intended to attack ceilulosic materials to the point where they

disintegrate. This would not be suitable for use on clothing and would not be a starting point for consideration of a clothes care composition
US-A-3 480511 discloses a composition intended for the degradation of tamarind materials. It says nothing about clothes care.
WO-A-9535362 discloses a composition, which contains no polysaccharide material in the compositions envisaged.
WO-A-9527036 in discloses the combination of clay-flocculating agents and enzymes in the same product. The document does not disclose the method of the present invention.
US-A-5126051 discloses a method of decomposing drilling mud.
Definition of the Invention
Thus, according to the present invention, there is provided a method of treatment of a fabric, the method comprising contacting the fabric in aqueous solution with a treatment composition comprising a naturally occurring polysaccharide gum having a β1-4 linkage, an enzyme capable of cleaving said polysaccharide, and a surfactant.
Detailed Description of the Invention
Compositions
The amount of the polysaccharide gum is preferably from 0.05% to 10%, more preferably from 0.1% to 5% by weight of the treatment composition prior to dilution in the wash liquor. Also based on the weight of the treatment composition, the amount of the enzyme is preferably from 0.01% to 3%, more preferably from 0.05% to 1% by

The polysaccharide is preferably selected from galactomannan (e.g. derived from locust bean gum or guar gum), glucomannan (e.g. Konjac glucomannan), xanthan gum and xyloglucan (e.g. tamarind xyloglucan), and mixtures thereof.
Some preferred enzymes found to have this property are the cellulases, such as those sold under the Trade Marks Celluzyme, Endolase, Carezyme, Clarinase and Puradax, as well as mannanases.
The enzyme comprises one or more enzyme types selected from those capable of cleaving the polysaccharide. Whether or not the enzyme has this capability may be determined by as simple assay, according to the following protocol for measuring the viscosity drop of the polysaccharide in solution:-
(i) Prepare a 1.5% solution of polysaccharide at desired pH. Roll on the bottle roller overnight
(ii) Weigh out 50g of the solution into clean 120 ml glass jars. Place in the shaker bath at 40 °C to equilibrate.
(iii) Prepare stock solution of the enzyme and add a total of 1ml (which contains
enough enzyme to make the total concentrations between 1 and 20 mg/1) to the 50g polysaccharide solution. Shake the bottle to mix the solutions. Agitate at 150rpm for 30 mins at 40 °C. Stop the reaction by adding enough 50% sodium hydroxide to bring the pH up to 12 - 12.5.
(iv) Keep the solutions at 40 °C and measure the viscosity on the Haake VT500
viscometer. The enzyme activity is indicated by a significant viscosity drop of the polymer solution by enzyme treatment.
The active ingredient in the compositions is preferably a surface active agent or a fabric conditioning agent. More than one active ingredient may be included. For some applications a mixture of active ingredients may be used.

The compositions of the invention may be in any physical form e.g. a solid such as a powder or granules, a tablet, a solid bar, a paste, gel or liquid, especially, an aqueous based liquid.
The compositions of the present invention are preferably laundry compositions, especially mam wash (fabric washing) compositions or rinse-added softening compositions. The main wash compositions may include a fabric softening agent and rinse-added fabric softening compositions may include surface-active compounds, particularly non-ionic surface-active compounds, if appropriate.
The detergent compositions of the invention contain a surface-active compound (surfactant) which may be chosen from soap and non-soap anionic, cationic, non-ionic, amphoteric and zwitterionic surface-active compounds and mixtures thereof. Many suitable surface-active compounds are available and are fully described in the literature, for example, in "Surface-Active Agents and Detergents", Volumes I and II, by Schwartz, Perry and Berch.
The preferred detergent-active compounds that can be used are soaps and synthetic non-soap anionic and non-ionic compounds.
The compositions of the invention may contain linear alkylbenzene sulphonate, particularly linear alkylbenzene sulphonates having an alkyl chain length of C8-C15. It is preferred if the level of linear alkylbenzene sulphonate is from 0 wt% to 30 wt°/o, more preferably 1 wt% to 25 wt%, most preferably from 2 wt% to 15 wt%.
The compositions of the invention may contain other anionic surfactants in amounts additional to the percentages quoted above. Suitable anionic surfactants are well-known to those skilled in the art. Examples include primary and secondary alkyl sulphates,

particularly C8-C15 primary alkyl sulphates; alkyl ether sulphates; olefin sulphonates; alkyl xylene sulphonates; dialkyl sulphosuccinates; and fatty acid ester sulphonates. Sodium salts are generally preferred.
The compositions of the invention may also contain non-ionic surfactant. Nonionic surfactants that may be used include the primary and secondary alcohol ethoxylates, especially the c8-c20 aliphatic alcohols ethoxylated with an average of from 1 to 20 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol, and more especially the C10-C15 primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols ethoxylated with an average of from 1 to 10 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol. Non-ethoxylated nonionic surfactants include alkylpolyglycosides, glycerol monoethers, and polyhydroxyamides (glucamide).
It is preferred if the level of non-ionic surfactant is from 0 wt% to 30 wt%, preferably from 1 wt% to 25 wt%, most preferably from 2 wt% to 15 wt°/o.
It is also possible to include certain mono-alkyl cationic surfactants which can be used in main-wash compositions for fabrics. Cationic surfactants that may be used include quaternary ammonium salts of the general formula R1R2R3R4N+X" wherein the R groups are long or short hydrocarbon chains, typically alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or ethoxylated alkyl groups, and X is a counter-ion (for example, compounds in which R1 is a C8-C22 alkyl group, preferably a C8-C10 or C12-C14 alkyl group, R2 is a methyl group, and R3 and R4, which may be the same or different, are methyl or hydroxyethyl groups); and cationic esters (for example, choline esters).
The choice of surface-active compound (surfactant), and the amount present, will depend on the intended use of the detergent composition. In fabric washing compositions, different surfactant systems may be chosen, as is well known to the skilled formulator, for handwashing products and for products intended for use in different types of washing machine.
The total amount of surfactant present will also depend on the intended end use and may be as high as 60 wt%, for example, in a composition for washing fabrics by hand. In

compositions for machine washing of fabrics, an amount of from 5 to 40 wt% is generally appropriate. Typically the compositions will comprise at least 2 wt% surfactant e.g. 2-60%, preferably 15-40% most preferably 25-35%.
Detergent compositions suitable for use in most automatic fabric washing machines generally contain anionic non-soap surfactant, or non-ionic surfactant, or combinations of the two in any suitable ratio, optionally together with soap.
The compositions of the invention, when used as main wash fabric washing compositions, will generally also contain one or more detergency builders. The total amount of detergency builder in the compositions will typically range from 5 to 80 wt%, preferably from 10 to 60 wt%.
Inorganic builders that may be present include sodium carbonate, if desired in. combination with a crystallisation seed for calcium carbonate, as disclosed in GB i 437 950 (Unilever); crystalline and amorphous aluminosilicates, for example, zeolites as disclosed in GB 1 473 201 (Henkel), amorphous aluminosilicates as disclosed in GB 1 473 202 (Henkel) and mixed crystalline/amorphous aluminosilicates as disclosed in GB 1 470 250 (Procter & Gamble); and layered silicates as disclosed in EP 164 514B (Hoechst). Inorganic phosphate builders, for example, sodium orthophosphate, pyrophosphate and tripolyphosphate are also suitable for use with this invention.
The compositions of the invention preferably contain an alkali metal, preferably sodium, aluminosilicate builder. Sodium aluminosilicates may generally be incorporated in amounts of from 10 to 70% by weight (anhydrous basis), preferably from 25 to 50 wt%.
The alkali metal aluminosilicate may be either crystalline or amorphous or mixtures thereof, having the general formula: 0.8-1.5 Na20. Al203. 0.8-6 Si02
These materials contain some bound water and are required to have a calcium ion exchange capacity of at least 50 mg CaO/g. The preferred sodium aluminosilicates contain 1.5-3.5 Si02 units (in the formula above). Both the amorphous and the crystalline

materials can be prepared readily by reaction between sodium silicate and sodium alummate, as-amply described in the literature. Suitable crystalline sodium aluminosilicate ion-exchange detergency builders are described, for example, in GB 1 429 143 (Procter & Gamble). The preferred sodium aluminosilicates of this type are the well-known commercially available zeolites A and X, and mixtures thereof.
The zeolite may be the commercially available zeolite 4A now widely used in laundry detergent powders. However, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the zeolite builder incorporated in the compositions of the invention is maximum aluminium zeolite P (zeolite MAP) as described and claimed in EP 384 070A (Unilever). Zeolite MAP
is defined as an alkali metal aluminosilicate of the zeolite P type having a silicon to aluminium ratio not exceeding 1.33, preferably within the range of from 0.90 to 1.33, and more preferably within the range of from 0.90 to 1.20.
Especially preferred is zeolite MAP having a silicon to aluminium ratio not exceeding 1.07, more preferably about 1.00. The calcium binding capacity of zeolite MAP is generally at least 150 mg CaO per g of anhydrous material.
Organic builders that may be present include polycarboxylate polymers such as polyacrylates, acrylic/maleic copolymers, and acrylic phosphinates; monomelic polycarboxylates suchas citrates, gluconates, oxydisuccinates, glycerol mono-, di and trisuccinates, carboxymethyloxy succinates, carboxymethyloxymalonates, dipicolinates, hydroxyethyliminodiacetates, alkyl- and alkenylmalonates and succinates; and sulphonated fatty acid salts. This list is not intended to be exhaustive.
Especially preferred organic builders are citrates, suitably used in amounts of from 5 to 30 wt%, preferably from 10 to 25 wt%; and acrylic polymers, more especially acryiic/rrtaleiccopolymers, suitably used in amounts of from 0.5 to 15 wt%, preferably froml to 10wt%.

Builders, both inorganic and organic, are preferably present in alkali metal salt, especially sodium salt, form.
Compositions according to the invention may also suitably contain a bleach system. Fabric washing compositions may desirably contain peroxy bleach compounds, for example, inorganic persalts or organic peroxyacids, capable of yielding hydrogen peroxide in aqueous solution.
Suitable peroxy bleach compounds include organic peroxides such as urea peroxide, and inorganic persalts such as the alkali metal perborates, percarbonates, perphosphates, persilicates and persulphates. Preferred inorganic persalts are sodium perborate monohydrate and tetrahydrate, and sodium percarbonate.
Especially preferred is sodium percarbonate having a protective coating against destabilisation by moisture. Sodium percarbonate having a protective coating comprising sodium metaborate and sodium silicate is disclosed in GB 2 123 044B (Kao).
The peroxy bleach compound is suitably present in an amount of from 0.1 to 35 wt%, preferably from 0.5 to 25 wt%. The peroxy bleach compound may be used in conjunction with a bleach activator (bleach precursor) to improve bleaching action at low wash temperatures. The bleach precursor is suitably present in an amount of from 0.1 to 8 wt%, preferably from 0.5 to 5 wt%.
Preferred bleach precursors are peroxycarboxylic acid precursors, more especially peracetic acid precursors and pemoanoic acid precursors. Especially preferred bleach precursors suitable for use in the present invention are N,N,N",N",-tetracetyl ethylenediamine (TAED) and sodium noanoyloxybenzene sulphonate (SNOBS). The novel quaternary ammonium and phosphonium bleach precursors disclosed in US 4 751 015-and US 4 818 426 (Lever Brothers Company) and EP 402 971A (Unilever), and the cationic bleach precursors disclosed in EP 284 292A and EP 303 520A (Kao) are also of

The bleach system can be either supplemented with or replaced by a peroxyacid. examples of such peracids can be found in US 4 686 063 and US 5 397 501 (Unilever). A preferred example is the imido peroxycarboxylic class of peracids described in EP A 325 288, EP A 349 940, DE 382 3172 and EP 325 289. A particularly preferred example is phtalimido peroxy caproic acid (PAP). Such peracids are suitably present at 0.1 -12%, preferably 0.5 -10%.
A bleach stabiliser (transition metal sequestrant) may also be present. Suitable bleach stabilisers include ethylenediamine tetra-acetate (EDTA), the polyphosphonates such as Dequest (Trade Mark) and non-phosphate stabilisers such as EDDS (ethylene diamine di-succinic acid). These bleach stabilisers are also useful for stain removal especially in products containing low levels of bleaching species or no bleaching species.
An especially preferred bleach system comprises a peroxy bleach compound (preferably sodium percarbonate optionally together with a bleach activator), and a transition metal bleach catalyst as described and claimed in EP 458 397A ,EP 458 398A and EP 509 787A (Unilever).
The compositions according to the invention may also contain one or more enzyme(s). Suitable enzymes include the proteases, amylases, cellulases, oxidases, peroxidases and lipases usable for incorporation in detergent compositions. Preferred proteolytic enzymes (proteases) are, catalytically active protein materials which degrade or alter protein types of stains when present as in fabric stains in a hydrolysis reaction. They may be of any suitable origin, such as vegetable, animal, bacterial or yeast origin.
Proteolytic enzymes or proteases of various qualities and origins and having activity in various pH ranges of from 4-12 are available and can be used in the instant invention. Examples of suitable proteolytic enzymes are the subtilins which are obtained from particular strains of B. Subtilis B. licheniformis. such as the commercially available subtilisins Maxatase (Trade Mark), as supplied by Gist Brocades N.V., Delft, Holland, and Alcalase (Trade Mark), as supplied by Novo Industri A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Particularly suitable is a protease obtained from a strain of Bacillus having maximum activity throughout the pH range of 8-12, being commercially available, e.g. from Novo Industri A/S under the registered trade-names Esperase (Trade Mark) and Savinase (Trade-Mark). The preparation of these and analogous enzymes is described in GB 1 243 785. Other commercial proteases are Kazusase (Trade Mark obtainable from Showa-Denko of Japan), Optimase (Trade Mark from Miles Kali-Chemie, Hannover, West Germany), and Superase (Trade Mark obtainable from Pfizer of U.S.A.).
Detergency enzymes are commonly employed in granular form in amounts of from about 0.1 to about 3.0 wt%. However, any suitable physical form of enzyme may be used.
The compositions of the invention may contain alkali metal, preferably sodium carbonate, in order to increase detergency and ease processing. Sodium carbonate may suitably be present in amounts ranging from 1 to 60 wt%, preferably from 2 to 40 wt%. However, compositions containing little or no sodium carbonate are also within the scope of the invention.
Powder flow may be improved by the incorporation of a small amount of a powder structurant, for example, a fatty acid (or fatty acid soap), a sugar, an acrylate or acrylate/maleate copolymer, or sodium silicate. One preferred powder structurant is fatty acid soap, suitably present in an amount of from 1 to 5 wt%.
Other materials that may be present in detergent compositions of the invention include sodium silicate; antiredeposition agents such as cellulosic polymers; soil release polymers; inorganic salts such as sodium sulphate; lather control agents or lather boosters as appropriate; proteolytic and lipolytic enzymes; dyes; coloured speckles; perfumes; foam controllers; fluorescers and decoupling polymers. This list is not intended to be exhaustive. However, many of these ingredients will be better delivered as benefit agent groups in materials according to the first aspect of the invention.

The detergent composition when diluted in the wash liquor (during a typical wash cycle) will typically give a pH of the wash liquor from 7 to 10.5 for a main wash detergent.
Particulate detergent compositions are suitably prepared by spray-drying a slurry of compatible heat-insensitive ingredients, and then spraying on or post-dosing those ingredients unsuitable for processing via the slurry. The skilled detergent formulator will have no difficulty in deciding which ingredients should be included in the slurry and which should not.
Particulate detergent compositions of the invention,preferably have a bulk density of at least 400 g/1, more preferably at least 500 g/1. Especially preferred compositions have bulk densities of at least 650 g/litre, more preferably at least 700 g/litxe.
Such powders may be prepared either by post-tower densification of spray-dried powder, or by wholly non-tower methods such as dry mixing and granulation; in both cases a hiqh-speed mixer/granulator may advantageously be used. Processes using high-speed mixer/granulators are disclosed, for example, in EP 340 013A, EP 367 339A, EP 390 251A and EP 420 317A (Unilever).
Liquid detergent compositions can be prepared by admixing the essential and optional ingredients thereof in any desired order to provide compositions containing components in the requisite concentrations. Liquid compositions according to the present invention can also be in compact form which means it will contain a lower level of water compared to a conventional liquid detergent.
Any suitable method may be used to produce the compounds of the present invention. In particular polymerisation of the sunscreen and/or SOQ and polymer as described in the examples may be used.

Treatment
The treatment of the fabric with the material of the invention can be made by any suitable method such as washing, soaking or rinsing of the fabric.

To each of Examples 1 and 2 were added. 3% of locust bean gum (native), together with 0.2% Carezyme LOT enzyme, on top of the 100%.

Raw Material Specification
Component Specification
Na LAS Sodium salt, alkyl benzene sulphonate
Nonionic 7EO, branched C12-C15 branched alcohol ethoxylated with an
average of 7 ethyleneoxy groups
Nonionic 3EO, branched C 12-C 15 branched alcohol ethoxylated with an
average of 3 ethyleneoxy groups
SCMC Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose ,
PVP Polyvinyl pyrrolidone
Sokalan CP5 Polymer builder
Dequest 2047 Metal Sequestrant, ex Monanto
Savinase 12.0T Proteolytic enzyme, ex Novo
Lipolase 100T Lipolytic enzyme
Carezyme LOT Cellulase enzyme

Example 3: Comparitive Tests
Washed off white woven mercerised bleached non-fluorescent cotton was washed in different conditions (control and test). Formulations contained 0.5 g/1 surfactant (50 % w/w Synperonic A7 (nonionic) and 50% w/w Na LAS) in 0.01M phosphate buffer pH=7.0. Where used, LBG=locust bean gum (3%). The fabrics were subsequently stained with clay and washed again in the same conditions now in the presence of enzymes as specified in the table below. Before and after washing of the stain its reflectance was measured. The difference (Delta R) at 460 nm is a measure for the efficiency of stain removal. The results are given below.

Example 4: Comparitive Tests
Washed off white woven mercerised bleached non-fluorescent cotton was washed in different conditions (control and test). Formulations contained 0.5 g/1 surfactant (50 % w/w Synperonic A7 (nonionic) and 50% w/w Na LAS) in 0.01M carbonate buffer pH=10.8. LBG was optionally included as in Example 3. The fabrics were subsequently stained with clay and washed again in the same conditions now in the presence of enzymes as specified in the table below. Before and after washing of the stain its reflectance was measured. The difference (Delta R) at 460 nm is a measure for



WE CLAIM :
1) A method of treatment of a fabric which comprises the step of contacting the fabric in aqueous solution with a treatment composition comprising :
a) 0.05-10%wt of a naturally occurring polysaccharide gum having a beta 1-4 linkage, said gum being selected from galactomannan, glucomannan, xanthan gum, xyloglucan and mixtures thereof.
b) 0.01-3%wt of an enzyme which cleaves said polysaccharide, and,
c) 5-50%wt of surfactant.
said composition does not contain clay.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the polysaccharide is selected from galactomannan (e.g. derived from locust bean gum, guar gum), glucomannan (e.g. Konjac glucomannan), xanthan gum, xyloglucan (e.g. tamarind xyloglucan) and mixture thereof.
3. A method as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the enzyme is selected from cellulases, such as those sold under the Trade Marks Celluzyme, Endolase, Carezyme, Clarinase and Purdax, and mannanases.
Dated this 27th day of June 2001
Dr. Sanchita Ganguli
OF S.MAJUMDAR & CO
(Applicant"s Agent)

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Patent Number 209303
Indian Patent Application Number IN/PCT/2001/00771/MUM
PG Journal Number 38/2007
Publication Date 21-Sep-2007
Grant Date 23-Aug-2007
Date of Filing 27-Jun-2001
Name of Patentee HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED
Applicant Address HINDUSTAN LEVER HOUSE, 165-166 BACKBAY RECLAMATION, MUMBAI
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 BIJSTERBOSCH HENRI DERK GOVERT FLINCKSTRAAT 6, 2162 CR LISSE,
2 COOKE CHRISTOPHER CLARKSON UNILEVER R&D PORT SUNLIGHT, QUARRY ROAD EAST, BABINGTON, WIRRAL MERSEYSIDE, CH63 3JW
3 JONES CHRISTOPHER CLARKSON UNILEVER R&D PORT SUNLIGHT, QUARRY ROAD EAST, BABINGTON, WIRRAL MERSEYSIDE, CH63 3JW
4 WARR JONATHAN C/O LEVER BROTHERS LTD, 3 ST. JAMES'S ROAD, KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES, SURREY KT1 2BA,
PCT International Classification Number C11D 3/22, C11D 3/386
PCT International Application Number PCT/EP99/09591
PCT International Filing date 1999-12-06
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 9900151.3 1999-01-05 U.K.