ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,779, issued on July 8, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Stability and viscosity in high active high caustic laundry emulsion with low HLB surfactant" was invented by Amanda Ruth Blattner (Saint Paul, Minn.), David Dotzauer (Saint Paul, Minn.), Agbeko Yao Sallah (Saint Paul, Minn.), Paige Mary Owens-Polta (Saint Paul, Minn.), Alyssa Ana Hantzsch (Saint Paul, Minn.), Brendon Daniel Disrud (Saint Paul, Minn.), Alissa Rachel Ellingson (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Gang Pu (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "High active, high caustic liquid laundry detergent compositions which provide excellent stability are di...