US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on July 29 for "Liquid conditioning compositions comprising an ester quat derived in part from trans fatty acids" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,637, issued on July 29, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Liquid conditioning compositions comprising an ester quat derived in part from trans fatty acids" was invented by Marc Johan Declercq (Strombeek-Bever, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Liquid conditioning compositions that include alkyl ester quaternary ammonium ("ester quat") softening actives, where the ester quat softening actives are derived in part from trans-unsaturated fatty acids, such as elaidic acid. Related methods and uses."

The patent was filed on Nov. 10, 2021, under Application No. 17/522,975.

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