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Granted Patent B2
US 12692460 · App. 18/561,567 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Unit dose tablet composition

Inventors: Girish Muralidharan (Banashankari, IN); Rajeesh Kumar Ramachandran (Hosur, IN)
Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
C11D3/0052C11D3/10C11D3/2082C11D3/2093C11D17/0039C11D17/0073
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12692460
App. No.
18/561,567
Filed
Nov 16, 2023
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1761
USPC
510/446
Abstract

A unit-dose tablet composition comprising a surfactant, a builder, a filler and an effervescent agent selected from organic acids wherein at least 90% wt. of the effervescent agent is coated with triglyceride oil.

Claims (11)

1 . A unit-dose tablet composition comprising a surfactant, a builder, a filler and an effervescent agent selected from organic acids wherein at least 90% wt. of the effervescent agent is coated with triglyceride oil.

2 . A unit dose tablet composition according to claim 1 wherein the effervescent agent is selected from citric acid, tartaric acid, fumaric acid, malic acid, adipic acid, succinic acid, and mixtures thereof.

3 . A unit dose tablet composition according to claim 1 , wherein the effervescent agent comprises from 1 to 20% wt. of the composition.

4 . A unit dose tablet composition according to claim 1 , wherein the filler comprises from 5 to 40% wt. of the composition.

5 . A unit dose tablet composition according to claim 1 , wherein the surfactant comprises from 2 to 70% wt. of the composition.

6 . A unit-dose tablet composition according to claim 1 , further comprising an effervescent selected from carbonate salts selected from sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, calcium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, calcium bicarbonate and magnesium carbonate as well as mixtures thereof.

7 . A unit dose tablet composition according to claim 1 , further comprising a water-soluble salt.

8 . A unit dose tablet composition according to claim 7 wherein the water-soluble salt has a solubility in distilled water of in the range of 0.5 g/100 mL to 75 g/100 mL at 25° C.

9 . A unit dose tablet composition according to claim 7 , comprising 0.5 to 20 wt. % water soluble salt.

10 . A unit dose tablet composition according to claim 1 , wherein the triglyceride oil comprises from 5 to 35% wt. of the coated effervescent agent.

11 . A method of cleaning a surface comprising the steps of dissolving a unit-dose tablet composition according to claim 1 in water to provide a solution of the cleaning composition and contacting a surface with the cleaning composition.