MUMBAI, India, Jan. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202417102216 A) filed by Locus Solutions Ipco, Llc, Solon, U.S.A., on Dec. 23, 2024, for 'modified sophorolipids with enhanced defoaming properties.'
Inventor(s) include Speight, Lee; Morris, Andrew; and Hagaman, Daniel.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 31, under issue no. 05/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides modified sophorolipids that can eliminate existing foam and/or prevent the formation of new foam. The modifications including peracetylation and/or global transformation of sophorose hydroxyl groups of sophorolipids to ethers to reduce the HLB value a...