US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on Aug. 11 for "Detergent compositions for cleaning in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry" (French, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,840, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Detergent compositions for cleaning in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry" was invented by Gaetan Rauwel (Bersee, France), Jacques Criquelion (Bondues, France), Sebastien Terrier (Orchies, France) and Bertrand Letartre (Tournai, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the use of a detergent composition for removing hydrophobic residues and pigments on manufacturing or packaging devices or any other hardware used for manufacturing or packaging cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions, said detergent composition including: a non-i...