ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,497, issued on March 17, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).

"Cleansing compositions and methods for the same" was invented by Joshua Gerardo Henderson Villalpando (Mexico City), Simon Elias Santiago (Mexico City), Jorge Antonio Maldonado Ortega (Mexico City) and Estela Junued Gomez Segura (Chimalhuacan, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aqueous cleansing compositions and methods for the same are disclosed herein. The aqueous cleansing compositions may include an aqueous base and a surfactant system. The surfactant system may include a plurality of surfactants dispersed in the aqueous base. The plurality of surfact...