US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on June 16 for "Color-changing sanitizing compositions and methods of use" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,188, issued on June 16, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Color-changing sanitizing compositions and methods of use" was invented by Xuedong Song (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Ning Yang (Suwanee, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitizing composition is provided. The sanitizing composition includes including 0.1 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of one or more antimicrobial, antifungal, and/or antiviral agents and 0.001 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of one or more volatile acids or volatile bases. The sanitizing composition includes 0.0001 wt. % to about 5 wt. % of one or more pH indicators having a color transition pH rang...