ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,327, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Method of producing 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 a method of producing an alcohol composition that can adjust viscosity so as to achieve an appropriate viscosity while containing HPMC or MC as a thickening agent, even without including no step of heating treatment. The objective can be achieved by a method of producing an alcohol composition, including the steps of dispersing at least one water-soluble c...