ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,351, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Conopco Inc. (Hoboken, N.J.).

"Cleansing bar and composition thereof" was invented by Guohui Wu (Woodbridge, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleansing bar, comprising: 5 to 50% by weight soap and free fatty acid, based on the total weight of the cleansing bar, comprising 30 to 50% by weight free fatty acid based on the total weight of the cleansing bar and 0 to 16% by weight soap based on the total weight of the cleansing bar; wherein the weight ratio of free fatty acid:soap is greater than 1:1; 10 to 25% by weight non-soap synthetic surfactants, based on the total weight of the cleansin...