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  Compositions and methods for using amine oxide monomeric unit-containing polymeric suds enhancersUSPTO Application #: 20060116312Title: Compositions and methods for using amine oxide monomeric unit-containing polymeric suds enhancers Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for using amine oxide monomer-containing polymeric suds enhancers (enhancers) to increase the suds and/or foam volume and suds and/or foam retention in suds-forming and/or foam-forming compositions comprising such amine oxide monomer-containing polymeric suds enhancers. Suitable suds-forming and/or foam-forming compositions comprise one or more amine oxide monomer-containing polymeric suds enhancers. (end of abstract)
Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - Cincinnati, OH, US Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Jean-Francois Bodet, Bernard William Kluesener, William Michael Scheper, Dominic Wai-Kwing Yeung, Vance Bergeron USPTO Applicaton #: 20060116312 - Class: 510475000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Cleaning Compositions For Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, Or Processes Of Preparing The Compositions, Cleaning Compositions Or Processes Of Preparing (e.g., Sodium Bisulfate Component, Etc.), Specific Organic Component (e.g., Triazines, Etc.), Synthetic Polymer Or Natural Rubber (other Than Polyether, Such As Polyethylene Glycol, Alkylene Oxide Condensation Products, Etc.) The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060116312. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a divisional of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 10/681,423, filed on Oct. 8, 2003; which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/038,373, filed on Jan. 4, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,656,900; which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/259,958, filed Jan. 5, 2001. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to methods for using amine oxide monomer-containing polymeric suds enhancers (suds boosters) to increase the suds and/or foam volume and suds and/or foam retention in suds-forming and/or foam-forming compositions comprising such amine oxide monomer-containing polymeric suds enhancers. Suitable suds-forming and/or foam-forming compositions comprise one or more amine oxide monomer-containing polymeric suds enhancers. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Suds-forming and/or foam-forming compositions are well known. Such compositions require a suds-forming component and/or foam-forming component. Polymeric materials are one example of such suds-forming components and/or foam-forming components. [0004] Formulators have been attempting unsuccessfully to develop better performing polymeric materials for use as suds-forming and/or foam-forming components. [0005] Accordingly, there remains a need in the art for polymeric materials useful as suds-forming and/or foam-forming components suitable for suds-forming and/or foam-forming compositions which exhibit increased suds and/or foam volume and suds and/or foam retention. The need exists for a composition which can maintain a high level of suds and/or foam as long as the suds-forming and/or foam-forming composition is effective for its purpose. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] The present invention meets the aforementioned needs in that it has been surprisingly discovered that certain amine oxide monomer-containing polymeric materials serve as suds and/or foam extenders and suds and/or foam volume enhancers in suds-forming and/or foam-forming compositions. [0007] The amine oxide monomer-containing polymeric suds enhancers of the present invention comprise monomeric units which have at least one moiety capable of sustaining a negative charge at a pH of from about 4 to about 12 and at least one moiety capable of sustaining a positive charge within the same pH range. [0008] The present invention relates to a method for providing increased suds volume and increased suds retention in suds-forming and/or foam-forming compositions such as liquid dishwashing compositions, personal care compositions (i.e., shampoos, hand washing compositions, body washing composition, hair removal compositions, etc.), laundry detergent compositions, especially laundry bars and/or high suds phosphate laundry compositions, hard surface cleaning compositions, agrochemical foaming compositions, oil-field foaming compositions and/or fire-firefighting foaming compositions. [0009] In one aspect, a method for providing increased suds volume and increased suds retention while washing, especially by hand, dishware (dishware being defined as any hard surface object on which, in which and/or from which a food or beverage is served, stored or cooked) in need of cleaning, comprising the step of contacting said dishware with an aqueous solution of a liquid dishwashing composition, said liquid dishwashing composition comprising: [0010] a) an effective amount of a amine oxide monomer-containing polymeric suds enhancer as hereinafter defined; [0011] b) an effective amount of a detersive surfactant; and [0012] c) balance carriers and other adjunct ingredients; [0013] provided that the pH of a 10% aqueous solution of said liquid dishwashing composition is from about 4 to about 12, is provided. [0014] In another aspect, a method for providing increased suds volume and increased suds retention while washing parts of a person's body, such as hair, hands, other parts of the body, in need of cleaning, comprising the step of contacting said parts with an aqueous solution of a personal care composition, said personal care composition comprising: [0015] a) an effective amount of a amine oxide monomer-containing polymeric suds enhancer as hereinafter defined; [0016] b) an effective amount of a detersive surfactant; and [0017] c) balance carriers and other adjunct ingredients; [0018] provided that the pH of a 10% aqueous solution of said personal care composition is from about 4 to about 12, is provided. [0019] In another aspect, a method for providing increased suds volume and increased suds retention while washing, preferably by hand, a fabric and/or garment in need of cleaning, comprising the step of contacting said fabric and/or garment with an aqueous solution of a laundry detergent composition, said laundry detergent composition comprising: [0020] a) an effective amount of a polymeric suds enhancer as hereinafter defined; Continue reading... Full patent description for Compositions and methods for using amine oxide monomeric unit-containing polymeric suds enhancers Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Compositions and methods for using amine oxide monomeric unit-containing polymeric suds enhancers patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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