ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,295, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.).

"Aqueous alkaline abrasive cleaning composition" was invented by Paola Baggi (Casalpusterlengo, Italy), Giles James Crowley (Leeds, Great Britain), Andrew Stephen Jamieson (Wirral, Great Britain), Teresa Lecce (Casalpusterlengo, Italy) and Laura Lupi (Casalpusterlengo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to aqueous alkaline abrasive cleaning compositions comprising quaternary ammonium compound that are stable over time."

The patent was filed on Oct. 22, 2021, under Application No. 18/250,545.

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