ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,690, issued on July 8, was assigned to DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands).

"Compositions comprising specific hyperbranched copolymers together with 1,3-propandiol and N-hydroxyoctanamide" was invented by Christine Mendrok-Edinger (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition comprising a specific hyperbranched copolymer (HBC) of the monomers dodecenyl succinic acid anhydride, diisopropanol amine and bis-dimethylaminopropyl amine and the compound 1,3-propandiol and/or N-hydroxyoctanamide. It has been found that said hyperbranched copolymer synergistically enhances the ant...