ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,463, issued on July 28, was assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Dusseldorf, Germany).

"Blends of alcohol ethoxylate and methyl ester sulfonate in unit dose products for improved mildness" was invented by Daniel Thomas Piorkowski (Fairfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a unit dose product comprising a pouch formed from a water-soluble film material; and a detergent composition comprising about 5 to about 20 wt % water, about 35 to about 65 wt % of at least one surfactant, and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the detergent composition is disposed within the pouch. The composition can further compris...