ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,991, issued on July 15, was assigned to DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Aqueous solutions of poorly soluble active ingredients using polyalkyoxylated amino alcohols" was invented by Michael P. Tate (Midland, Mich.), Thomas H. Kalantar (Midland, Mich.), Michael L. Tulchinsky (Midland, Mich.), David Brennan (Midland, Mich.) and Adam H. Xiong (Mount Pleasant, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is the use a polyalkoxylated amino alcohol to solubilize active compounds that are poorly soluble in water, including particularly agricultural actives or pharmaceutical actives. Also disclosed are compositions comprisin...