US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on June 16 for "Low foam cleaning compositions" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,365, issued on June 16, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Low foam cleaning compositions" was invented by Derrick Anderson (Saint Paul, Minn.), Victor Fuk-Pong Man (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Erik C. Olson (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to low foam cleaning compositions comprising quaternary ammonium compounds, as well as, methods of manufacturing and methods of using the low foam cleaning compositions. Beneficially the cleaning compositions are compatible with cleaning methods and apparatuses requiring low foam, including, but not limited to, machine warewash and clean-in-pla...