US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on July 29 for "Hard surface cleaning compositions comprising phosphinosuccinic acid adducts and methods of use" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,639, issued on July 29, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Hard surface cleaning compositions comprising phosphinosuccinic acid adducts and methods of use" was invented by Carter M. Silvernail (Saint Paul, Minn.), Erik C. Olson (Saint Paul, Minn.), Michel M. Lawrence (Saint Paul, Minn.), Richard D. Johnson (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Steven J. Lange (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods employing detergent compositions effective for reducing hard water scale and accumulation on hard surfaces, namely within food, beverage and pharmaceutical applications are disclosed. The detergent compositions emplo...