US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on April 21 for "Reduced misting and clinging chlorine based hard surface cleaner" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,746, issued on April 21, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Reduced misting and clinging chlorine based hard surface cleaner" was invented by Charles Allen Hodge (Saint Paul, Minn.), Christopher Michael McGuirk (Saint Paul, Minn.), Amanda Ruth Blattner (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Claire Lucille Notermann (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Alkaline sprayable aqueous compositions are disclosed. In particular, sprayable alkaline aqueous chlorine compositions including a surfactant system for modifying the viscosity of the composition, are combined with an alkalinity source and a chlorine source. Methods of...