ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,261, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Maastricht, Netherlands).

"Method of increasing the foaming properties of detergent compositions by use of saccharide isomerate" was invented by Linjing Chen (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland), Guillaume Bernard Laurent (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland), Pascal Christian Sieber (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland) and Xiangxiang Zhang (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of increasing the foaming properties of detergent compositions comprising at least one surfactant by incorporation of saccharide isomerate."

The patent was filed on Feb....