ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,407, issued on May 13, was assigned to Advanced Wetting Technologies Pty Ltd (New South Wales, Australia).
"Wetting composition" was invented by Raymond John Roberts (Prahran, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the use of a wetting composition comprising (a) from 20 to less than 50 wt % of one or more C10 to C14 alcohol, (b) 25 to 70 wt % of a surfactant selected from a non-ionic, cationic, anionic and amphoteric surfactant, and (c) from 5 to 50 wt % of a polar component comprising at least one selected from (i) water, and (ii) up to 25 wt % of a water-miscible C1-C3 organic solvent in lowering the surf...