US Patent Issued to SARAYA on Oct. 27 for "Biofilm remover and biofilm removal method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,382, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SARAYA Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Biofilm remover and biofilm removal method" was invented by Miyako Wakizaka (Kashiwara, Japan), Yoriko Kato (Kashiwara, Japan), Yoshifumi Jahana (Kashiwara, Japan), Hirotomo Komori (Kashiwara, Japan), Yuka Oda (Kashiwara, Japan) and Yoshihiko Hirata (Kashiwara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The biofilm remover of the present invention comprises a combination of the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A) a sophorolipid containing acidic sophorolipid and lactonic sophorolipid in a ratio of 78:22 to 100:0 (mass ratio); (B) a free fatty acid or a salt the...