ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,294, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC (Goole, Great Britain).
"Glycolipopeptide biosurfactants" was invented by Russell Greig Kerr (Charlottetown, Canada), Bradley Arnold Haltli (New Haven, Canada), Douglas Hubert Marchbank (Stratford, Canada) and Fabrice Berrue (Halifax, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surfactants based on a newly discovered class of compounds include a hydrophobic lipid oligomer covalently linked to a peptide or peptide-like chain and a carbohydrate moiety, and a serine-leucinol dipeptide linked to the lipid oligomer. Such surfactants can be used to create an oil-in-water or water-in...