Patent ID: 8097577

Claim:
A laundry detergent or cleaning composition which comprises: A) a surfactant system; and B) an alkoxylated polyalkanolamine polymer obtainable by a process comprising the steps of a) poly-condensation of at least one compound selected from N-(hydroxyalkyl)amines of formulae (I.a) and/or (I.b), wherein: A are independently selected from C 1 -C 6 -alkylene; R 1 , R 1 *, R 2 , R 2 *, R 3 , R 3 *, R 4 , R 4 *, R 5 and R 5 * are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, wherein the last three mentioned radicals may be optionally substituted; and R 6 is selected from hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, wherein the last three mentioned radicals may be optionally substituted; and b) reacting at least a part of the available hydroxy groups of the polymeric condensate provided in step a) and/or, if present, at least a part of the secondary amino groups of the polymeric condensate provided in step a) with at least one alkylene oxide; and c) optionally further reacting said alkoxylated polyalkanolamine polymers by quarternization, protonation, sulphation and/or phosphation.