ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,685, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ADEKA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Method of improving foamability and foam quality of cleaning agent composition, and method of cleaning skin or hair" was invented by Toshio Hamasaki (Tokyo), Akihito Yasutani (Tokyo) and Chika Oshitobe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method of improving foamability and foam quality of a cleaning agent composition, including blending monocyclohexyl glyceryl ether, an anionic surfactant, and water. The present invention also provides a method of cleaning skin or hair, including: dispensing a cleaning liquid, which contains monocyclohexy...