US Patent Issued to Henkel on March 17 for "Agent containing emulsifier and microcapsules" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,511, issued on March 17, was assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Dusseldorf, Germany).

"Agent containing emulsifier and microcapsules" was invented by Andreas Bauer (Kaarst, Germany), Marc-Steffen Schiedel (Monheim, Germany), Stefan Urlichs (Essen, Germany), Michael Biedenbach (Oberkirch, Germany), Christian Kind (Baden-Baden, Germany), Andreas Gerigk (Erkelenz, Germany), Manuela Materne (Kaarst, Germany), Hubert Smyrek (Krefeld, Germany) and Christian Giesen (Nettetal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition may be or include detergents, cleaning agents, and cosmetic agents and include an emulsifier and biodegradable mic...