ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,905, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.) and Dow Silicones Corp. (Midland, Mich.).

"Non-soap detergent bar compositions" was invented by Saugata Nad (Brussels), Padmadas Nair (Maharashtra, India), Priti Jain (Mumbai, India) and Amit Kumar Verma (Uttar Pradesh, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-soap detergent bar is provided, comprising: a detergent surfactant; a builder; a psyllium; a cellulose derivative; a filler, wherein the filler includes sodium silicate; and water; wherein the non-soap detergent bar is a solid."

The patent was filed on Aug. 20, 2021, under Application No. 18...