ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,669, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Detergent compositions comprising ultra-low molecular weight polysaccharides" was invented by Marko Kanniainen (Aanekoski, Finland), Pirkko-Leena Hakkarainen (Huutomaki, Finland) and Andries Hanzen (Ede, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detergent compositions are provided that include a polysaccharide selected from a carboxymethyl cellulose component, an anionic cellulose derivative, or mixtures thereof and a surfactant system, wherein the polysaccharide has a molecular weight of no greater than from about 1,000 Dalton to 80,000 Dalto...