Liquid soap having enhanced antibacterial activity

US10144908B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Conopco, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Prem Chandar · Closter, US
• Guohui Wu · Woodbridge, US
• Nitish Kumar · Supaul, IN
• Vamsi Krishna Manthena · Dhamtari, IN
• Vibhav Ramrao Sanzgiri · Mumbai, IN
• Anat Shiloach · Trumbull, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 9, 2014
• Grant date: Dec 4, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 7, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D17/08
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Method of cleansing human skin employing an aqueous soap composition comprising of fatty acid soap, at least one silver (I) compound having a silver ion solubility (in water at 25° C.) of at least 1×10−4 mol/L, and water, which composition provides biocidal activity against Gram positive bacteria in particular S. aureus, in relatively short contact periods.