ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,575, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Sulfate free personal cleansing composition comprising effective preservation" was invented by Eric Scott Johnson (Hamilton, Ohio), Karen Michelle Nally (Milford, Ohio) and Matthew Francis Kuhar (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a personal cleansing composition comprising from about 6% to about 50% of one or more sulfate free surfactants; from about 0.5% to 20% of lauramidopropyl betaine; from about 0.1% to about 10% of zinc pyrithione; from about 0.05% to about 3% of a cationic polymer; from about 0.05% to 10% ...