US Patent Issued to Energizer Auto on March 31 for "Hydrophobic finish car wash compositions comprising an aminosilicone and amphoteric/nonionic surfactant mixture" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,272, issued on March 31, was assigned to Energizer Auto Inc. (St. Louis).

"Hydrophobic finish car wash compositions comprising an aminosilicone and amphoteric/nonionic surfactant mixture" was invented by Hirotaka Uchiyama (Loveland, Ohio), Caitlynn Diane Winter (Dayton, Ohio) and Rajeev Menon (Dayton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods that impart a hydrophobic finish to surfaces, such as, for example, automotive surfaces. The compositions comprise an amino functional silicone emulsion, an amphoteric surfactant, and, a non-ionic surfactant."

The patent was filed on April 1, 2021, under Application No. 17/9...