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MILLIKEN & COMPANY	920 MILLIKEN ROAD M-495 SPARTANBURG SC 29303

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• D06L:BLEACHING, e.g. OPTICAL BLEACHING, DRY-CLEANING, O....

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Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Close,, Jr Leland G	Spartanburg, US	5	14
Mahaffey, Robert L	Spartanburg, US	20	282
Moore, Patrick D	Pacolet, US	70	1641
Torres, Eduardo	Boiling Springs, US	135	983
Valenti, Dominick J	Moore, US	73	607

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DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
June 03, 2014	US,8740997,B2   US8740997B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
October 24, 2013	US,20130281347,A1   US20130281347A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

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US Patent No: 8740997

Optical brighteners and compositions comprising the same

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