ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,883, issued on May 20, was assigned to Genomatica Inc. (San Diego).
"1,3-fatty diol compounds and derivatives thereof" was invented by Haibo Wang (San Pablo, Calif.) and Risha Lindig Bond (South San Francisco, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to the field of specialty chemicals. In particular, the disclosure provides novel 1,3-fatty-diol compounds and derivatives thereof which are useful e.g., in the production of personal care products, surfactants, detergents, polymers, paints, coatings, and as emulsifiers, emollients, and thickeners in cosmetics and foods, as industrial solvents and plasticizers, etc."...