US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on Sept. 9 for "Shampoo compositions containing a sulfate-free surfactant system and sclerotium gum thickener" (Ohio, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,125, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Shampoo compositions containing a sulfate-free surfactant system and sclerotium gum thickener" was invented by Brooke Michele Cochran (Cincinnati), Mark Anthony Brown (Union, Ky.), Jean Jianqun Zhao (Cincinnati), Lauren Elizabeth Ballhaus (Williamsburg, Ohio) and Nicole Marie Mazzei (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stable shampoo composition containing a surfactant system that is substantially free of sulfated surfactants. The shampoo composition also contains an anionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, a cationic polymer and a sclerotiu...