US Patent Issued to S. C. JOHNSON & SON on July 21 for "Freeze-thaw stable water-in-oil emulsion cleaner and/or polish compositions" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,793, issued on July 21, was assigned to S. C. JOHNSON & SON INC. (Racine, Wis.).

"Freeze-thaw stable water-in-oil emulsion cleaner and/or polish compositions" was invented by Bing Li (Franklin, Wis.), Christie M. Mueller (Milwaukee), Loretta G. Lynch (Racine, Wis.) and Becca B. Taylor (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion compositions having freeze-thaw stability are provided which include water, at least one hydrocarbon solvent, at least one nonionic emulsifier, and at least one freeze-thaw stabilizer which either prevents breaking of the emulsion after a freeze-thaw cycle or enables the emulsion to b...