ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,528, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to TOSOH Corp. (Shunan, Japan) and SAGAMI CHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Ayase, Japan).

"Deodorant composition and deodorant article" was invented by Yuki Tsuboi (Shunan, Japan), Ryohei Nakashima (Shunan, Japan), Takumu Nakamura (Shunan, Japan), Yukinori Sudo (Shunan, Japan), Osamu Kobayashi (Ayase, Japan), Daichi Omata (Ayase, Japan) and Marina Fukawa (Ayase, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deodorant composition which can remove aldehydes more effectively than conventional aldehyde scavengers even after rinsing with water or washings is provided. A deodorant composition comprising a suppor...