ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,551, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Antibacterial cleansing composition, uses and methods" was invented by Brian Joseph Limberg (Milford, Ohio), Sandra Liliana Tan (West Chester, Ohio), Wei Ji (Cincinnati) and Karl Shiqing Wei (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antibacterial cleansing composition including from about 0.01% to about 1% of chloroxylenol by weight of the composition; from about 5% to about 15% of sodium lauryl sulfate by weight of the composition; from about 1% to about 5% of a co-surfactant by weight of the composition, wherein the co-surfactant is selected from zw...