US Patent Issued to Dow Silicones on Oct. 6 for "Fabric softener formulation" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,371, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Dow Silicones Corp. (Midland, Mich.).

"Fabric softener formulation" was invented by Serge Creutz (Liege, Belgium), Rahma Benbakoura (Quaregnon, Belgium), Jacqueline L'hostis (Silly, Belgium) and Flore Vandemeulebroucke (Manage, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drainage enhancing aqueous fabric softener formulation is provided, including: water; a fabric softening agent; and a drainage aid component, wherein the drainage aid component comprises: 40-99 wt %, based on weight of the drainage aid component, of an organopolysiloxane comprising: 0-60 mol % of units of formula I and 40-100 mol % ...