US Patent Issued to Henkel on Aug. 4 for "Washing and cleaning agents comprising environmentally compatible microcapsules" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,458, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Dusseldorf, Germany).

"Washing and cleaning agents comprising environmentally compatible microcapsules" was invented by Andreas Bauer (Kaarst, Germany), Anneliese Wilsch-Irrgang (Duesseldorf, Germany), Stefan Urlichs (Essen, Germany), Christian Kind (Baden-Baden, Germany), Jeanette Hildebrand (Buehl, Germany), Klaus Last (Braunschweig, Germany) and Claudia Meier (Lichtenau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Washing and cleaning agents may include microcapsules comprising a core material where the core material may include at least one fragrance and a shell. The shell ma...