US Patent Issued to Conopco on July 7 for "Low sulfate surfactant composition" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,015, issued on July 7, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Hoboken, N.J.).

"Low sulfate surfactant composition" was invented by Douglas John Hiban (Newtown, Conn.), Teanoosh Moaddel (Watertown, Conn.), Daniel Filipe Pereira (Naugatuck, Conn.) and Tirucherai Varahan Vasudevan (Bethany, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to a hydratable concentrated surfactant composition. The composition is pourable, easy to dilute, substantially free of sulfate and oil, comprises a C6-C14 acid, alcohol or both, an anionic surfactant comprising acyl isethionate and an amphoteric surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant or both. The com...