US Patent Issued to NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL on March 31 for "Epoxidized oil-based surfactant and compositions comprising the same" (New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,676, issued on March 31, was assigned to NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V. (Arnhem, Netherlands).

"Epoxidized oil-based surfactant and compositions comprising the same" was invented by Hanamanthsa Bevinakatti (Somerset, N.J.), Qingwen Wendy Yuan-Huffman (Belle Mead, N.J.), Shawn Zhu (Stormville, N.Y.) and Mojahedul Islam (Whitehouse Station, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An epoxidized oil-based surfactant is the reaction product of an epoxidized compound and a primary and/or secondary alkanolamine, wherein the epoxidized compound is chosen from an epoxidized oil, an epoxidized fatty acid, an epoxidized fatty acid ester, and...