ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,048, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).
"Defoamer useful in a peracid composition with anionic surfactants" was invented by Junzhong Li (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: "Low foaming, highly acidic peroxycarboxylic acid sanitizing compositions are disclosed as having both improved antimicrobial efficacy in comparison to conventional peroxyoctanoic acid and peroxyacetic acid compositions for sanitizing applications. The compositions include a combination of a low-foaming surfactant and an aluminum sulfate (o...