ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,768, issued on April 15, was assigned to Amorepacific Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cleaner base, cleaning composition including the same, and method of preparing the cleaning composition" was invented by Chang Jo Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Gooyoung Kwon (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a cleaner base containing a solid composition including a solid surfactant and a water-soluble polymer, a gel cleaning composition having a viscosity of greater than or equal to about 50 cPs including the cleaner base containing a solid composition and water, and a method for preparing the gel cleaning compositi...