ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,081, issued on March 11, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.).

"Deodorant compositions" was invented by Diana Sheila Cox (Bedford, Great Britain), Alexander Gordon James (Higham Ferrers, Great Britain), Mrinalini Jayant Puranik (Karnataka, India), David William Thornthwaite (Little Neston, Great Britain) and Jason Richard Williams (Wirral, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a deodorant composition comprising an oxazolidine- or, a thiazolidine-carboxylic acid compound, a cosmetic carrier and optionally a fragrance. The invention also relates to a manufacturing process for th...