Patent ID: 8192552

Claim:
A dishwashing process comprising the step of treating a substrate with a detergent composition in neat or dilute form, said composition comprising: at least 15% of a detersive surfactant(s) a block copolymer comprising a (block A)-(block B) di-block copolymer, a (block A)-(block B)-(block A) tri-block copolymer, a (block B)-(block A)-(block B) tri-block copolymer, or a mixture thereof, wherein: block A and block B derive from alpha-ethylenically-unsaturated monomers; block A comprises a block that is water soluble or hydrophobic, and is neutral at a pH the composition is used; block B comprises a water-soluble block that is anionic at the pH the composition is used; the molecular weight ratio of block A to block B ranges from 1/15 to 7/3; and further wherein the composition is effective for dishwashing.