US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on Sept. 1 for "Polyesters" (British, Dutch, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,131, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Polyesters" was invented by Martijn Gillissen (Bocholtz, Netherlands), Hiroe Yamada (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Gang Si (Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain) and Michael McDonnell (Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to specific polyesters which are particularly suitable for use in fabric treatment applications, such as in fabric care and laundry detergent products. In such applications, the polyesters exhibit improved freshness performance, and especially good anti-malodor performance."

The pa...