Appeal No. 2003-0777 Application No. 09/554,969 a. surfactants having the formulas: wherein Y” = N or O; and each R5 is selected independently from the following: -H,-OH, -(CH2)xCH3, -O(OR2)z-H, -OR1, - OC(O)R1, and -CH(CH2-(OR2)z”-H)-CH2- (OR2)z’-C(O) R1, wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of saturated or unsaturated, primary, secondary or branched chain alkyl or alkyl-aryl hydrocarbons; said hydrocarbon chain having a length of from about 6 to about 22, wherein each R2 is selected from the following groups or combinations of the following groups: - (CH2)n- and/or -[CH(CH3)CH2]- wherein n is from I to 4; and wherein x is from 0 to about 3, and z, z’, and z” are from about 5 about 20; b. polyhydroxy fatty acid amide surfactants of the formula: R2-C(O)-N(R1)-Z wherein: each R1 is H, C1 -C4 hydrocarbyl, C1 -C4 alkoxyalkyl, or hydroxyalkyl; R2 is a C5-C21 hydrocarbyl moiety; and each Z is a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl moiety having a linear hydrocarbyl chain with at least 3 hydroxyls directly connected to the chain, or an ethoxylated derivative thereof; 9Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007