US Patent Issued to Conopco on Jan. 27 for "Fabric softener composition comprising a betaine ester and a fatty co-softener" (French, British, Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,688, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.).

"Fabric softener composition comprising a betaine ester and a fatty co-softener" was invented by Ritu Ahuja (Amnios, Singapore), Olivier Back (Lyons, France), Christopher Boardman (Llandyrnog, Great Britain), Jean-Christophe Castaing (Sevres, France), Konstantin Nikolaev Golemanov (Paris), David Stephen Grainger (Chester, Great Britain), Sergio Mastroianni (Lyons, France) and Hugh Rieley (Wirral, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fabric softener composition comprising: a. 1 to 20 wt. % ionic compound of general formula I: (I) wherein b. 0.1 to...