US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on April 14 for "Non-cationic softeners and methods of use" (American, Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,924, issued on April 14, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Non-cationic softeners and methods of use" was invented by Ashish Dhawan (Saint Paul, Minn.), Yiqing Chen (Saint Paul, Minn.), Carter M. Silvernail (Saint Paul, Minn.), Lee Monsrud (Saint Paul, Minn.), Gary Samuel Furman Jr. (St. Chares, Ill.) and Marisa Alves Da Rocha (Rijnsburg, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition comprising a non-cationic amine epoxide adduct is disclosed, along with methods of making the same. Use of a composition comprising a non-cationic amine epoxide adduct on textiles and paper, particularly woven textiles, ti...