ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,009, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Duesseldorf, Germany).

"Concentrated flowable washing agent preparation having improved properties" was invented by Inga Kerstin Vockenroth (Duesseldorf, Germany) and Barbara Busch (Neuss, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flowable washing agent preparation containing, based on its total weight, a) 2 to 7 wt. % quaternized ethoxysulfated hexamethylenediamine; b) 2 to 7 wt. % polyalkoxylated polyalkyleneimine obtainable by reacting polyalkyleneimines with alkylene oxides; c) 5 to 15 wt. % alkyl ether sulfate; and d) less than 20 wt. % water, wherein the weight ratio ...