US Patent Issued to Diversey on Aug. 5 for "Peroxygen-based skin disinfectants effective against mycobacteria and yeasts" (Canadian, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,028, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Diversey Inc. (Fort Mill, S.C.).

"Peroxygen-based skin disinfectants effective against mycobacteria and yeasts" was invented by Matthew Alasdair Timothy Slack (Ashbourne, Great Britain) and Faraz Alderson (Oakville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aqueous skin-compatible antimicrobial solution effective against yeasts and mycobacteria, comprises 2-3.8 wt % of at least one peroxygen; from 1.5 up to 7 wt % of at least one aromatic monohydroxy alcohol selected from phenoxyethanol, phenethyl alcohol, cyclopentylmethanol, cyclohexylmethanol, benzyl alcohol, or any mixture thereof; from 0.5 up...