US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on April 8 for "Controlled rate of foam breakage in hard surface cleaners" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,011, issued on April 8, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Controlled rate of foam breakage in hard surface cleaners" was invented by Dale Larson (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to mildly alkaline bathroom and/or hard surface cleaners providing improved foam performance. In particular, a concentrated, preferably disinfecting, high performance foaming cleaning composition is disclosed which can reduce or eliminate the need for scrubbing on bathroom and other hard surfaces. Methods of use are further disclosed for bathroom and/or other hard surface cleaning. The foam ha...