ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,367, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to COATEX (Genay, France).
"Aqueous thickening composition" was invented by Yves Matter (Reyrieux, France), Denis Ruhlmann (Genay, France) and Jean-Marc Suau (Lucenay, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention pertains to the field of aqueous thickening compositions, particularly for increasing the viscosity of an aqueous paint or varnish composition, a detergent composition or a cosmetic composition, in particular a cosmetic composition comprising ethoxylated surfactant compounds. The composition according to the invention comprises at least 40% by weight of water and combines a particula...