US Patent Issued to FutureFuel Chemical on May 19 for "Dual-function additives and cleaning compositions including the same" (Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,788, issued on May 19, was assigned to FutureFuel Chemical Co. (Batesville, Ark.).

"Dual-function additives and cleaning compositions including the same" was invented by Beth Emerson Coles (Batesville, Ark.), Timothy A. Oster (Batesville, Ark.) and Kelsey Llena LaCombe (Newark, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Acylated benzene sulfonated compounds with dual functionality can have the following structure:wherein each R is independently hydrogen or a C1 to C11 alkyl, each X is independently an alkali metal ion, an alkaline earth metal ion, and/or a quaternary ammonium cation, n is 1 to 3, and m is 1 to 2, with the proviso that when m...