US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on June 24 for "Peroxycarboxylic acid based sanitizing rinse additives for use in ware washing" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,073, issued on June 24, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Peroxycarboxylic acid based sanitizing rinse additives for use in ware washing" was invented by Steven J. Lange (Saint Paul, Minn.), Junzhong Li (Saint Paul, Minn.), Xin Sun (Saint Paul, Minn.), Allison Brewster (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Richard Staub (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concentrated liquid sanitizing and rinse composition containing peroxycarboxylic acid(s) and compatible rinse aid surfactants is disclosed. The sanitizing and rinsing compositions are formulated in a single liquid concentrate, replacing a traditional dual produ...