ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,372, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Catexel GmbH (Wiesbaden, Germany).

"Compositions comprising bleaching catalyst, manufacturing process thereof, and bleaching and cleaning agent comprising same" was invented by Bo Kuhse (Grossdietwil, Switzerland), Judith Preuschen (Sorgenloch, Germany), Stefan Riegelbeck (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Rolf Ludwig (Eppstein, Germany), Yfranka Roelofsen (Leiden, Netherlands) and Ronald Hage (Leiden, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns a composition comprising manganese containing catalyst salts, a water-soluble polymer and a polysaccharide absorbent. The invent...