US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on May 19 for "Solid composition comprising benzyloxide, sulfonate carrier, and non-hygroscopic acid, and its use in cleaning compositions" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,786, issued on May 19, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Solid composition comprising benzyloxide, sulfonate carrier, and non-hygroscopic acid, and its use in cleaning compositions" was invented by Erik C. Olson (Saint Paul, Minn.), Austin Peterson (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Wendy Lo (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solid alkali metal benzyl oxide compositions providing flowable solids, namely flowable powders and flowable granulates, and solid compositions containing the alkali metal benzyl oxide compositions in combination with additional components are disclosed. Methods of making the solid composi...