ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,985, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KAO Corp. (Tokyo).
"Detergent" was invented by Naoyuki Yamazaki (Sumida-ku, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detergent comprising (A) a sulfobetaine type ampholytic surfactant, and (B) a quaternary ammonium cation-modified silicone. A mass ratio [(A)/(B)] of the component (A) to the component (B) is 0.1 or more and 1,000 or less."
The patent was filed on March 27, 2020, under Application No. 17/764,059.
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