ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,689, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Rohm and Haas Co. (Collegeville, Pa.) and Union Carbide Corp. (Seadrift, Texas).

"Shampoo formulation with enhanced silicone deposition" was invented by Lu Bai (Novi, Mich.), Emmett M. Partain III (Bound Brook, N.J.), Lyndsay M. Leal (Spring City, Pa.), Daniel S. Miller (Phoenixville, Pa.), Michaeleen Pacholski (Collegeville, Pa.) and Jennifer P. Todd (Willow Grove, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shampoo formulation is provided, comprising: dermatologically acceptable vehicle; dermatologically acceptable silicone; sodium lauryl ether surfactant, wherein the sodium lauryl ether surfactant ...