US Patent Issued to Ecolab USA on June 17 for "Nonionic surfactant-based liquid detergent compositions containing a manganese bleach catalyst" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,268, issued on June 17, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Nonionic surfactant-based liquid detergent compositions containing a manganese bleach catalyst" was invented by Steven Lundberg (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Jonathan P. Fast (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bleach catalyst detergent compositions are provided. The compositions are suitable for use with additional detergent and/or bleaching compositions while providing bleach catalysts within a detergent composition. The detergent compositions are free of anionic surfactant, are highly aqueous and have a pH of less than 6. Methods of use for clean...