ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,148, issued on May 20, was assigned to Evonik Operations GmbH (Essen, Germany).

"Siloxanes for treating textiles and for use in cleaning and care formulations" was invented by Frauke Henning (Essen, Germany), Jorg Peggau (Essen, Germany), Andrea Lohse (Bottrop, Germany), Astrid Zundorff (Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany), Sarah Radloff (Bochum, Germany) and Alexandra Trambitas (Alzenau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Specific siloxanes, compositions containing these specific siloxanes, and processes for preparation thereof, are useful for treatment of fabrics, in cleaning and care formulations for the household and for industria...