US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on June 17 for "Non-sorptive or minimally sorptive disinfectant wipes" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,154, issued on June 17, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Non-sorptive or minimally sorptive disinfectant wipes" was invented by David D. McSherry (St. Paul, Minn.), Junzhong Li (Eagan, Minn.), Richard K. Staub (Bloomington, Minn.), Joy G. Herdt (Hastings, Minn.) and Sherri L. Tischler (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disinfectant wipe is provided including a substrate that is substantially free of polyamides, and an acid anionic disinfectant is adsorbed to the substrate such that the disinfectant readily releases from the substrate to allow at least 65% delivery of the disinfectant when ...