US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on March 24 for "Compositions with fatty acids and optional cationic compounds and methods of use" (Minnesota, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,120, issued on March 24, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Compositions with fatty acids and optional cationic compounds and methods of use" was invented by Chris Nagel (St. Paul, Minn.), Junzhong Li (Eagan, Minn.), Maria Elizabeth Gilson (Minneapolis) and Benjamin Ledezma Martinez (Meeker, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions with a C5 to C22 fatty acid and an optional cationic amino/ester, cationic amino/amide, or salts thereof are disclosed along with methods of using such compositions to prevent corrosion or reduce microorganisms on surfaces over a broad pH range."

The patent was filed on April 1,...