ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,776, issued on April 21, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Liquid hand dishwashing detergent composition comprising a cationically modified inulin" was invented by Pieter Jan Maria Saveyn (Heusden Destelbergen, Belgium) and Evelyne Johanna Lutgarde Van Hecke (Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid hand dishwashing detergent composition containing a cationically modified inulin compound, methods of making the liquid hand dishwashing detergent compositions, and methods of using said liquid hand dishwashing detergent compositions, which provide improved rinsing, solution feel, and fin...