ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,106, issued on March 11, was assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Duesseldorf, Germany).
"Onium-functionalized siloxanes" was invented by Andrea Gutacker (Langenfeld, Germany), Christian Kastner (Duesseldorf, Germany), Johann Klein (Duesseldorf, Germany), Annika Dietrich (Rostock, Germany) and Esteban Mejia (Rostock, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an onium-functionalized siloxane having the general Formula (X) or (X-A) as defined herein; a method for preparing the onium-functionalized siloxane; and its use as an antimicrobial agent."
The patent was filed on Nov. 30, 2021, under Application No. ...