ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,029, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Alcohol composition" was invented by Takane Sudo (Joetsu, Japan) and Shingo Niinobe (Joetsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is an objective of the present invention to provide an alcohol composition in which hydroxypropyl methylcellulose or methylcellulose is contained in such a way that its thickening ability is exhibited so that the alcohol composition can have a viscosity that is easy to apply and difficult to spill down, and can be prevented from dripping out and/or can have high transparency, and further can have a good application feeling. The ...