Random copolymers as soil release agents in laundry processes

US10214606B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Frank Oliver Heinrich Pirrung · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE
• Huiguang Kou · Viernheim, DE
• Miriam Langendörfer · Schifferstadt, DE
• Roland Ettl · Haßloch, DE
• Bernhard Ulrich von Vacano · Mannheim, DE
• Paula Barreleiro · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
• Christa Junkes · Goldkronach, DE
• Johannes Zipfel · Amsterdam, NL
• Brigitte Giesen · Goldkronach, DE
• Cornelius Bessler · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
• Martina Hutmacher · Düsseldorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 19, 2014
• Grant date: Feb 26, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08F220/285
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to random copolymers obtainable by polymerization, the use of said random copolymers as soil release agents in laundry processes. Further aspects of the invention are a method for easier releasing soil from textiles in laundry processes and detergents containing said random copolymers.