ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,719, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Methods for producing stereoisomerically enriched carbohydrate-based surfactants" was invented by Jeanne E. Pemberton (Tucson, Ariz.) and Tyler Roberts (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discusses methods for producing stereoisomerically enriched carbohydrate-based surfactants. In particular, methods of the invention include producing stereoisomerically enriched hydrophobic portion of the carbohydrate-based surfactants."

The patent was filed on Sept. 29, 2021, under Application N...