ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,498, issued on April 29, was assigned to Poly Group LLC (New Albany, Ind.).
"Polymeric antimicrobial surfactant" was invented by Thomas E. Hopkins (Goshen, Ky.) and Craig A. Kalmer (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polycationic polymeric antimicrobial surfactant and polymeric biocompatible antimicrobial surfactant compositions are useful in dispersing various compounds in a carrier liquid. The polycationic polymeric antimicrobial surfactant and polymeric biocompatible antimicrobial surfactant compositions employ polymers having both hydrophilic domains and hydrophobic domains so that the compositions can disperse particl...