US Patent Issued to Conopco on Aug. 26 for "Compositions having low sulfate containing surfactants" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,931, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Hoboken, N.J.).

"Compositions having low sulfate containing surfactants" was invented by Douglas John Hiban (Newtown, Conn.), Jamie Lynn Miller (North Haven, Conn.) and Tirucherai Varahan Vasudevan (Bethany, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to lamellar liquid composition comprising acyl isethionate, methyl acyl taurate, amphoteric and/or zwitterionic surfactant. Unexpectedly, applicants have found that, when ratio of isethionate to taurate is kept at about to 1:1, enhanced lather is achieved. Other criticalities include ratio of amphoteric and/or zwitteri...