US Patent Issued to VIROX TECHNOLOGIES on Jan. 27 for "Method of killing microbes using C3-C5 n-alkyl-gamma-butyrolactams and antimicrobial compositions containing same" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,886, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to VIROX TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Oakville, Canada).

"Method of killing microbes using C3-C5 n-alkyl-gamma-butyrolactams and antimicrobial compositions containing same" was invented by Faraz A. Alderson (Oakville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method of reducing the microbial load on a surface contaminated with microbes, the method comprising (a) identifying a surface in need of microbial reduction; and (b) applying an effective amount of an antimicrobial composition to the surface for a contact time and at a temperature sufficient to reduce the microbial load by at least 50%, wherein the antimi...