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Superfatted soaps
Assignee: Dial Corp
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Filing: 1986-08-01
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Granted: 1987-11-03
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Expires: 2006-08-01
Abstract
Abstract Toilet soap bars superfatted with branched chain fatty acids having from about 8 to 12 carbon atoms and where the branching occurs at the carbon position alpha to the carboxyl group.
Inventors
- 👤 Shyam K. Gupta
- 👤 Julian R. Story
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 01:41
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D9/00; C11D9/04; C11D9/48; C11D9/007; C11D9/22; C11D9/26; C11D9/267
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
73 words
A superfatted soap composition in bar form comprising the water soluble salts of higher fatty acids having from 8-20 carbon atoms, said soap composition containing as a superfatting agent from about 2% to about 15% by weight of said soap of a branched chain aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having from 8-12 carbon atoms and wherein the branching of the carbon chain of said acid occurs at the carbon position alpha to the carboxyl group.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
73 words
A superfatted soap composition in bar form comprising the water soluble salts of higher fatty acids having from 8-20 carbon atoms, said soap composition containing as a superfatting agent from about 2% to about 15% by weight of said soap of a branched chain aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having from 8-12 carbon atoms and wherein the branching of the carbon chain of said acid occurs at the carbon position alpha to the carboxyl group.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The soap composition of claim 1 wherein the amount of said superfatting agent ranges from about 5% to about 10% by weight of said soap composition.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The soap composition of claim 1 wherein the superfatting agent is 2-ethyl hexanoic acid.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The soap composition of claim 1 wherein the superfatting agent is 2-ethyl octanoic acid.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The soap composition of claim 1 wherein the superfatting agent is 2-ethyl decanoic acid.
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