US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on March 18 for "Rheology modified low foaming liquid antimicrobial compositions and methods of use thereof" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,672, issued on March 18, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Rheology modified low foaming liquid antimicrobial compositions and methods of use thereof" was invented by Junzhong Li (Saint Paul, Minn.), Steven J. Lange (Saint Paul, Minn.), Richard Staub (Saint Paul, Minn.) and David D. McSherry (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to rheology modified, low foaming aqueous antimicrobial compositions. The compositions are phase stable under acidic conditions, and do not need to be rinsed from the surface to which they are applied. The present disclosure further relates to me...