US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on June 10 for "Antimicrobial enhancement of cationic active skin antiseptics" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,433, issued on June 10, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Antimicrobial enhancement of cationic active skin antiseptics" was invented by Lilian Lam Josephson (Saint Paul, Minn.), Daniel E. Pedersen (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Dale Curtis Larson (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to antimicrobial compositions and their methods of use and manufacture. In particular, the antimicrobial compositions described herein comprise an antimicrobial active, a primary foaming agent, and an L-amino acid to provide rapid antimicrobial efficacy. In a preferred embodiment, the antimicrobial composi...