US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on Oct. 20 for "Antimicrobial composition comprising a modified alkyl glycoside and an alkanediol" (British, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,551, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Antimicrobial composition comprising a modified alkyl glycoside and an alkanediol" was invented by Kathleen Kirkwood (Newcastle, Great Britain) and Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa (Vinhedo, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antimicrobial composition including from 1 to 10% by weight of the composition of a modified alkyl glycoside having an alkyl glycoside and a modifying moiety wherein the modifying moiety has a functional group selected from the group consisting of sulfonate, carboxylate, glycinate, carboxymethyl, hydroxyalkyl and a mixture thereof;...