US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on Dec. 2 for "Ware washing solution containing oxidized starch" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,476, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Ware washing solution containing oxidized starch" was invented by Xin Lu (Shanghai), Chunyang Li (Shanghai) and Jinming Zhang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Consumer and industrial 2-in-1 alkaline ware washing compositions providing both detergency and rinseability in a single cleaning composition are disclosed. Further benefits can be achieved with low levels of rinse aid surfactants in a rinse additive following the alkaline ware washing composition, including levels of rinse additive surfactant of about 500 ppm surfactant or less. Alkaline ware w...