US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on Jan. 28 for "2-in-1 sanitizing and rinse aid compositions employing amine based surfactants in machine warewashing" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,228, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"2-in-1 sanitizing and rinse aid compositions employing amine based surfactants in machine warewashing" was invented by Derrick Richard Anderson (Saint Paul, Minn.), Kelly Anne Rightmire (Saint Paul, Minn.), Erik C. Olson (Saint Paul, Minn.), Jesse Ray Murphy (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Carter M. Silvernail (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sanitizing cleaning/rinse aid compositions for various applications including institutional machine warewash sanitizing are disclosed. In particular, concentrated and use compositions, such as concentrated liq...