ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,438, issued on April 7, was assigned to GALAXY SURFACTANTS LTD. (India).
"Biodegradable quaternary ammonium compound" was invented by Sagar A. Trailokya (New Panvel, India), Bhooshan Thakur (Taluka And District Palghar, India), Vaishali A. Jumde (Kamothe, India), Shraddha Ratnaparkhe (Thane West, India), Dattaprasad Koyande (Katrap Badlapur, India) and Sneha S. Ghadigaonkar (Thane, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Substantive, biodegradable, antimicrobial-diamidoquats of Formula I, comprising a quaternary ammonium center and amide functionality and having conditioning properties along with good antimicrobial efficacy wherein, R a...