ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,659, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea) and UE CHEMICAL Co. LTD (Busan, South Korea).
"Virucidal detergent composition comprising a ternary combination of nonionic surfactants" was invented by Jong Mok Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Ho Youl Kong (Daejeon, South Korea), Bo Gyu Lim (Daejeon, South Korea), Seo Hyun Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Yu Jin Jung (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sung Chul Kim (Busan, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detergent composition may include 10 to 30% by weight of octylphenol ethoxylate, 0.1 to 5% by weight of 2-ethylhexyl alcoho...