US Patent Issued to The William Yarbrough Foundation on June 17 for "Detergent compositions for washing urushiol and methods of treating urushiol induced contact dermatitis" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,843, issued on June 17, was assigned to The William Yarbrough Foundation (Peoria, Ill.).

"Detergent compositions for washing urushiol and methods of treating urushiol induced contact dermatitis" was invented by Michael Edward Silver (Lake City, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition and a method of washing urushiol off a surface. The composition includes a first solely C12 surfactant and a second solely C12 surfactant that are each in a non-buffered composition and the composition is free of each of the following: (1) any nonylphenol ethoxylate, (2) any pharmaceutically active drug or prodrug, or (3) any salt that affects...