• Clorox Company, Oakland, CA, received two patents related to low-VOC cleaning. One is US 10,358,623 B1 (Diana Mitchell, Sarah Coulter, Ashish Jha,  William Ouellette, Gregory van Buskirk), which covers a cleaning composition that consists of one or more quaternary ammonium compounds; at least one nonionic surfactant which includes at least one mixed ethylene oxide/propylene oxide adducts of long chain alcohols or fatty acids; a glycol ether solvent selected from the group consisting of: C1-10 alkyl ethers of alkylene glycols, C3-24 alkylene glycol ethers, and any mixtures or combinations thereof; water; and optionally, one or more adjuncts selected from the group consisting of buffers, fragrances, perfumes, defoamers, hydrotropes, biocide release agents, enzymes, bleaching agents, dyes, colorants, additional solvents and preservatives.
The second patent, US 10,358,624 B1 (Diana Mitchell, Sarah Coulter, Ashish Jha, William Ouellette, Gregory van Buskirk) covers a cleaning composition that contains one or more cationic biocides; one or more alkyl polyglycoside nonionic surfactants; a first solvent selected from the group consisting of C1-10 alkyl ethers of alkylene glycols, C3-24 alkylene glycol ethers, and any mixtures or combinations thereof; a second solvent selected from the group consisting of: alcohols, diols, C1-10 alkyl ethers of alkylene glycols, short chain carboxylic acids, and any mixtures or combinations thereof; water; and optionally, one or more adjuncts selected from the group consisting of: buffers, fragrances, perfumes, defoamers, hydrotropes, enzymes, bleaching agents, dyes, colorants, additional solvents and preservatives.