ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,456, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).
"Acidic biofilm remediation" was invented by Gregory G. Griese (Saint Paul, Minn.), Mark Levitt (Saint Paul, Minn.), Richard K. Staub (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Stefanie Gilbreth (Saint Paul, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions for biofilm remediation are disclosed. Biofilm is reduced and removed from soiled surfaces by providing to a surface in need an effective amount of a composition comprising a biocidal surfactant and at least one organic solvent. According to the invention, the biofilm remediation compositions reduce and remove b...