ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,118, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to THE CLOROX COMPANY (Oakland, Calif.).

"Disinfecting formulations with carvacrol" was invented by Nancy A. Falk (Bath, Maine), Crystal Bell (Pleasanton, Calif.), William King (Pleasanton, Calif.), Marjan Hashemi (Pleasanton, Calif.), Nipa Modi (Pleasanton, Calif.), Keith Mainquist (Pleasanton, Calif.), Xuanrong Guo (Pleasonton, Calif.), Walter Schenck (Pleasanton, Calif.), Ronald Thomas Anderson (Pleasanton, Calif.), Kelly Dickson (Pleasanton, Calif.), Miguel Lopez (Pleasanton, Calif.), Giselle Janssen (Pleasanton, Calif.), Bryan K. Parrish (Pleasanton, Calif.), Claire Dentinger (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Thomas Fahlen (Pleasanton, Calif.).

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