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Clorox Patents Cleaning Wipes with Quaternary Ammonium Compound

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By: Christine Esposito

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US Patent No. 12,152,221 B2 (Nikhil P. Dani); The Clorox Company has patented a pre-loaded wipe. It is made from a substrate comprised of than 90% by weight of pulp fibers and cleaning composition that contains a C12 to C18 quaternary ammonium compound comprising one or more halides of alkyldimethylbenzyl ammonium, alkyldimethylethylbenzyl ammonium, or alkyldimethylammonium; a glycol ether comprising one or more of: diethylene glycol monoethyl ether, diethylene glycol monopropyl ether, diethylen...

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