US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on March 17 for "Use of propoxylated surfactant or polymer in foaming applications to control viscoelasticity in highly active liquid formulations" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,502, issued on March 17, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Use of propoxylated surfactant or polymer in foaming applications to control viscoelasticity in highly active liquid formulations" was invented by Victor Fuk-Pong Man (Saint Paul, Minn.), Derrick Richard Anderson (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Amanda R. Blattner (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Antimicrobial or non-antimicrobial compositions, sanitizing compositions and other compositions combining use of a propoxylated EO/PO block copolymer surfactant and/or propoxylated polymer in combination with at least one additional anionic and/or nonioni...