US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on March 11 for "Multipurpose alkaline compositions and methods of use" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,185, issued on March 11, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Multipurpose alkaline compositions and methods of use" was invented by Erik C. Olson (Saint Paul, Minn.), Hilina Emiru (Saint Paul, Minn.), Derrick Anderson (Saint Paul, Minn.), Kelly Anne Rightmire (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Timothy Meier (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Liquid multipurpose alkaline compositions for use as pre-sprays to beneficially remove polymerized soils, de-stain, remove hard water deposits and/or otherwise assist in general cleaning of difficult soils are provided. The multipurpose alkaline compositions include at leas...