US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on May 13 for "Peroxyformic acid compositions for membrane filtration cleaning" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,365, issued on May 13, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Peroxyformic acid compositions for membrane filtration cleaning" was invented by Junzhong Li (Saint Paul, Minn.), Cynthia Bunders (Saint Paul, Minn.), Richard Staub (Saint Paul, Minn.), Paul Frazer Schacht (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Caleb Power (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Peroxyformic acid compositions for removal of biofilm growth and mineral deposits on membranes are disclosed. In particular, peroxyformic acid compositions are generated in situ or on site generation for the reduction and prevention, of biofilms and the mitigation of mine...