ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,817, issued on July 1, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).
"Cleaning composition" was invented by Stephan Dorries (Dusseldorf, Germany), Matthias Schmitz (Dusseldorf, Germany), Ralf Krack (Hilden, Germany) and Michael Schmidt (Monchengladbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for cleaning membranes used in food processing comprising an amine oxide and an alkyl sulfate, the composition maintaining good cleaning performance whilst leaving a low residue of surfactant on the membrane that is cleaned using the composition. A method of use of the composition is also presented."
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