ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,735, issued on May 19, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (St. Paul.).

"Hydrophilic cationic dispersion polymers for improved print quality and water fastness" was invented by Alessandra Gerli (Leiden, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hydrophilic cationic dispersion polymers, compositions including same, and methods of using same. In some examples, a composition can include a hydrophilic cationic dispersion polymer disposed on a surface of a substrate. The substrate can be a paper, a textile, a non-woven material, a film, or mixtures thereof. The hydrophilic cationic dispersion polymer can include repeating units derived from a...