US Patent Issued to Henkel on April 21 for "Flowable detergent preparation comprising a fatty acid and ternary solvent mixture" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,777, issued on April 21, was assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Duesseldorf, Germany).

"Flowable detergent preparation comprising a fatty acid and ternary solvent mixture" was invented by Inga Kerstin Vockenroth (Duesseldorf, Germany) and Nuria Sanchez Bastardo (Essen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flowable detergent preparation containing, based on the total weight thereof, a) ethanol and 1,2-propanediol and glycerol in a total amount of 5 to 25 wt. %; wherein the weight ratio of ethanol and 1,2-propanediol to glycerol is 0.9 to 5.0, and washing method using this detergent preparation."

The patent was filed on Feb. 24, 2...