Fabric softening
CA 2025159 C · Owner: Turner, Graham Andrew · Inventors: Turner, Graham Andrew
Overview
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A method of preparing a fabric softening material which comprises a quaternary ammonium material and at least on C8-28 alkyl or alkenyl group connected to the molecule via an ester linkage, said method comprising the step of reacting a base material with an alkyl or alkenyl group containing material, such that at least one alkyl or alkenyl group is connected to the base material via an ester linkage, wherein the reaction between the base material and the alkyl or alkenyl group containing material is carried out in the presence of an excess of alkyl or alkenyl groups, said excess being effective to lower the pour point of the softener material.
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- Filed September 12, 1990 and granted January 5, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 12, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by September 12, 2012.
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