Abstract: A polysaccharide conjugate comprising from 10% to 98%, by weight, of at least one water insoluble fabric care benefit agent which comprises a solid non-silicone fabric lubricant and from 2% to 20%, by weight, of at least one delivery enhancing agent that is a cationic polysaccharide having a backbone comprising ?1-4 linkages is useful as a fabric softening agent.

Abstract: A laundry cleaning composition comprises a graft polysaccharide polymer benefit agent capable of imparting a benefit such as soil release or fabric care, and at least one additional laundry cleaning ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of polysaccharide-grafted polymer particles wherein the polysaccharide is preferably a ?-1,4 linked polysaccharide, comprising miniemulsion polymerisation.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of polysaccharide grafted latex particles wherein the polysaccharide has ?-1,4 linkages, wherein the process comprises core/shell emulsion polymerisation. Preferably, the process comprises a single step of preparing the latex particles by emulsion polymerisation of latex monomers with the simultaneous grafting of the polysaccharide.

Abstract: A composition comprising a silicone and a substituted polysaccharide comprising ?1-4 linkages having covalently bonded on the polysaccharide moiety thereof, at least one deposition enhancing group which undergoes a chemical change in water at a use temperature to increase the affinity of the substituted polysaccharide to a substrate, the substituted polysaccharide further comprising one or more independently selected silicone chains.

Abstract: A substituted polysaccharide comprising ?1-4 linkages having covalently bonded on the polysaccharide moiety thereof, at least one deposition enhancing group which undergoes a chemical change in water at a use temperature to increase the affinity of the substituted polysaccharide to a substrate, the substituted polysaccharide further comprising one or more independently selected silicone chains.

Abstract: A method of reducing dye loss during the laundry treatment of dyed fabrics using a laundry treatment composition comprising a water-soluble or water-dispersible rebuild agent for deposition onto a fabric during a treatment process wherein the material undergoes during the treatment process, a chemical change by which change the affinity of the material for the fabric is increased.

Abstract: Laundry treatment products comprise a graft polymer benefit agent and at least one additional laundry cleaning ingredient. The graft polymer benefit agent preferably provides soil release or fabric care benefits. The graft polymer benefit agent comprises a polysaccharide backbone and a plurality of graft chains extending from the backbone, each graft chain having a degree of polymerisation between 5 and 250. The graft polymer is substantially free of cross-linking and has a degree of substitution of grafts across a bulk sample in the range of from 0.02 to 1.0. The graft polysaccharide copolymers may be prepared using living-type free radical polymerisation techniques which provide control over the degree of substitution, the graft/co-block composition and structure.

Abstract: A laundry cleaning composition comprises a graft polysaccharide polymer benefit agent capable of imparting a benefit such as soil release or fabric care, and at least one additional laundry cleaning ingredient.

Abstract: A water-dispersible particle wherein the material comprises (i) one or more polymeric deposition materials having an average repeat unit (I):  wherein at least one or more R groups of the polymer are independently selected from H, a hydrolysable group or a linker group in which when R is a hydrolysable group the degree of substitution is 0 to 3 and when R is a linker group the degree of substitution is 0.01 to 3; (ii) a benefit agent attached to the deposition enhancing part;  characterised in that the water-dispersible particle has a particle size from 20 to 5,000 nm.

Abstract: A composition comprising a silicone having a perfume component dissolved or dispersed therein and a deposition aid.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of polysaccharide grafted latex particles wherein the polysaccharide has &bgr;-1,4 linkages, wherein the process comprises core/shell emulsion polymerisation. Preferably, the process comprises a single step of preparing the latex particles by emulsion polymerisation of latex monomers with the simultaneous grafting of the polysaccharide.

Abstract: A water-soluble or water-dispersible material for deposition onto a substrate during a treatment process, the material comprising: (i) a deposition enhancing part having a polymeric backbone; and (ii) a benefit agent attached to the deposition enhancing part by a hydrolytically stable bond; The material undergoes during the treatment process, a chemical change which does not involve the hydrolytically stable bond and by which change the affinity of the material onto the substrate is increased.

Abstract: A substituted polysaccharide comprising &bgr;1-4 linkages having covalently bonded on the polysaccharide moiety thereof, at least one deposition enhancing group which undergoes a chemical change in water at a use temperature to increase the affinity of the substituted polysaccharide to a substrate, the substituted polysaccharide further comprising one or more independently selected silicone chains.

Abstract: In order to protect a fabric rebuild polymer which undergoes, during a laundry treatment process, a chemical change by which the affinity of the rebuild agent for the fabric is increased, from hydrolysis on storage, the fabric rebuild agent is in the form of a granule comprising fabric rebuild agent, acidic binder, neutral filler and optionally acidic filler. The granule can be post-dosed to a powder detergent composition.

Abstract: A method of reducing dye loss during the laundry treatment of dyed fabrics using a laundry treatment composition comprising a water-soluble or water-dispersible rebuild agent for deposition onto a fabric during a treatment process wherein the material undergoes during the treatment process, a chemical change by which change the affinity of the material for the fabric is increased.

Abstract: A composition comprising a silicone and a substituted polysaccharide comprising &bgr;1-4 linkages having covalently bonded on the polysaccharide moiety thereof, at least one deposition enhancing group which undergoes a chemical change in water at a use temperature to increase the affinity of the substituted polysaccharide to a substrate, the substituted polysaccharide further comprising one or more independently selected silicone chains.

Abstract: A water-dispersible particle wherein the material comprises

Abstract: Laundry treatment compositions, especially detergent compositions or rinse conditioners, which deposit cellulosic polymers or related polysaccharide fabric rebuild agents onto textile fabrics are described. Such agents are used for laundering cellulosic fabrics such as cotton, to compensate for gradual loss of fibrous material on repeated washing. Preferred rebuild agents are cellulose monoacetate, cellulose hemisuccinate and other cellulose esters.

Abstract: A visual-kinesthetic system for financial trading is disclosed. The system includes a computer with at least one screen that has both input and output capabilities, graphical software controllable by input to the computer that follows and plots the movement of financial information in a market to the input/output screen, and trading software controllable by the computer and by input from the screen that functionally communicates with the graphical software so that interaction with graphical information on the screen can control the trading software.