US 11,737,465 B2
Bleach compositions
Marisa Macnaughtan, Pepper Pike, OH (US); Nipa Modi, Pleasanton, CA (US); Thomas Fahlen, Pleasanton, CA (US); Wenyu Zhang, Pleasanton, CA (US); Ashley Joseph, Manhattan, KS (US); and Timothy Mui, Pleasanton, CA (US)
Assigned to THE CLOROX COMPANY, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by The Clorox Company, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/96,816.
Application 17/096,816 is a division of application No. 16/182,415, filed on Nov. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,986,841.
Prior Publication US 2021/0059257 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 59/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); C11D 3/48 (2006.01); C11D 1/75 (2006.01); A01N 25/30 (2006.01); C11D 1/835 (2006.01); A01N 25/02 (2006.01); C11D 1/72 (2006.01); C11D 1/62 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 59/00 (2013.01) [A01N 25/02 (2013.01); A01N 25/30 (2013.01); A61L 2/18 (2013.01); C11D 1/62 (2013.01); C11D 1/72 (2013.01); C11D 1/75 (2013.01); C11D 1/8355 (2013.01); C11D 3/48 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
 
1. A sanitizing or disinfecting composition comprising:
(a) about 0.05% to 0.5% by weight of a hypochlorite or free available halide as provided by an oxidant; and
(b) at least one nonionic or zwitterionic surfactant;
(c) at least 90% water;
(d) wherein the composition has an R value that is greater than 0, where R is defined as the sum of the concentration of any nonionic or zwitterionic surfactants, plus any cationic surfactants, divided by total surfactant concentration including any aromatic sulfonates and wherein the composition is free of anionic surfactants other than said aromatic sulfonates;
(d) wherein the composition has a pH from 8 to 12.5;
(e) wherein the sanitizing or disinfecting composition exhibits at least a 3-log reduction in at least one of an M. bovis or C. diff population within 10 minutes;
wherein the composition has a viscosity of no more than about 100 cps.