ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,970, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Liquid hand dishwashing detergent composition" was invented by Mate Debreczeni (Brussels), Rebecca Ann Langevin (Norwood, Ohio), Randall Thomas Reilman (Cincinnati), Phillip Kyle Vinson (Fairfield, Ohio) and John August Wos (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand dishwashing detergent composition includes from 5.0% to 50% of a surfactant system by weight of the liquid hand dishwashing detergent composition. The surfactant system includes an anionic surfactant. The anionic surfactant includes an alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant and glyceryl ac...