US Patent Issued to Dow Global Technologies, Rohm and Haas on July 1 for "Liquid laundry detergent with cleaning booster" (Pennsylvania, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,821, issued on July 1, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.) and Rohm and Haas Co. (Collegeville, Pa.).

"Liquid laundry detergent with cleaning booster" was invented by Stephen J. Donovan (Sellersville, Pa.), Aslin Izmitli (Yardley, Pa.), Asghar A. Peera (Royersford, Pa.), Michael L. Tulchinsky (Midland, Mich.) and Eric Wasserman (Collegeville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid laundry detergent formulation for household use is provided, comprising: a liquid carrier; a cleaning surfactant; and a cleaning booster of Formula (I)wherein each R1 is independently a chain of Formula (II)wherein each R2 is in...