ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,768, issued on April 8, was assigned to Ajinomoto Co. Inc. (Tokyo).

"Detergent compositions" was invented by Shun Kobayashi (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a detergent composition containing N-acyl acidic amino acids that, even at low pH, exhibits excellent solubility, has good storage stability, and creates a quality foam with satisfactory lathering performance. Specifically, the present invention provides a detergent composition and the like comprising: (A) an N-unsaturated acyl acidic amino acid wherein the unsaturated acyl is a linear acyl with 8 to 20 carbon atoms; (B) an N-saturate...