ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,267, issued on April 15, was assigned to Sterilex LLC (Hunt Valley, Md.).
"Quat-free powdered disinfectant/sanitizer" was invented by Ryan Alexander Simmons (Baltimore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Quat-free surface treatment powders comprising a peroxide source, an acyl group donor and an alkalinity source are used to disinfect and/or sanitize hard surfaces. The surface treatment powders can be applied to a hard surface and left there for a period of time. The surface treatment powders are ambient moisture activated, which means that they can generate peracetic acid when a portion or all of the powder that is on the hard surface ads...