US Patent Issued to KAO on Jan. 20 for "Compound, precursor compound thereof, surfactant composition, and detergent composition" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,010, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to KAO Corp. (Tokyo).

"Compound, precursor compound thereof, surfactant composition, and detergent composition" was invented by Akiyoshi Kimura (Wakayama, Japan) and Ojiro Tamagawa (Wakayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound is provided that exhibits high detergency even when contained at a low concentration in a detergent composition, and that has a narrow gelation concentration range at low temperatures and excellent handling properties; a precursor compound for producing the compound; and a surfactant composition and a detergent composition that include the compound. The compound...