ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,353, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to DECON7 SYSTEMS LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Chemical and biological decontamination formulation with enhanced biocidal efficacy" was invented by Matthew A Bluhm (Winnetka, Ill.), Brian Starbuck (Englewood, Colo.) and Mark D. Tucker (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved formulation may include an enhanced ability relative to its predicates to destroy toxic threats in the form of sporulated bacteria, bacteria protected by biofilms, planktonic bacteria, fungus, viruses, chemical weapons, toxic chemicals including Fentanyl, its analogs, and a whole host of toxic industrial chem...