US Patent Issued to LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY on Oct. 27 for "Biodegradable surfactants and related compositions, methods and systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,268, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Biodegradable surfactants and related compositions, methods and systems" was invented by Mathew Gerald Lyman (Livermore, Calif.), Lawrence Dugan (Livermore, Calif.), Roald N. Leif (Livermore, Calif.), Bonnee Rubinfeld (Livermore, Calif.), Brian E. Souza (Livermore, Calif.) and Carlos A. Valdez (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biodegradable surfactants are described, in which an amphiphilic heteroatom containing hydrocarbon optionally comprising at least one counterion (Z), and related compositions, methods and syste...