ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,134, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Blends of N-acyl alaninates and other N-acyl amino acid surfactants and derivatives thereof" was invented by Victor Manuel Arredondo (West Chester, Ohio), Karunakaran Narasimhan (Mason, Ohio) and Howard David Hutton III (Oregonia, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surfactant composition includes a homogeneous mixture of greater than 70%, by weight, of N-acyl alaninate surfactant of formula (I) and an N-acyl amino acid surfactant of formula (II). A process for preparation of a blend of an N-acyl alaninate surfactant and an N-acyl amino acid surfactan...