US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on Sept. 16 for "Wear resistant antimicrobial compositions and methods of use" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,567, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Wear resistant antimicrobial compositions and methods of use" was invented by Brandon Herdt (Saint Paul, Minn.), Richard Staub (Saint Paul, Minn.), Kevin Tauer (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Kim R. Solomon (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Anti-microbial compositions comprising (a) a quaternary ammonium compound and (b) a cationic biocide. Applicant has discovered a synergistic combination of the two components with the ration of cationic biocide to quaternary ammonium being less than 1:10 or with a single quaternary compound in a ratio of less t...