ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,740, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KAO CHEMICALS GMBH (Emmerich, Germany).
"Amidated fatty acids and derivatives thereof" was invented by Thomas Myrdek (Emmerich, Germany) and Jurgen Benade (Emmerich, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for obtaining amidated fatty acids or derivatives thereof good in color even after longer storage with low concentrations of undesired by-products. The present invention also relates to use of amidated fatty acids or derivatives thereof obtained by the process in the cosmetic applications. Further, the present invention also relates to use of amidated...