US Patent Issued to BROMINE COMPOUNDS, THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK on Feb. 24 for "Method and composition for water treatment" (Israeli, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,812, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to BROMINE COMPOUNDS LTD (Beer-Sheva, Israel) and THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (Binghamton, N.Y.).

"Method and composition for water treatment" was invented by Michal Rodensky (Kfar Yedidya, Israel), Chen Zolkov (Kiryat Tivon, Israel) and David G. Davies (Binghamton, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a method of microbial control in water comprising adding to the water one or more bromine-based biocide(s) and cis-2-decenoic acid or a salt thereof. Compositions in the form of liquid concentrates comprising bromine-based biocides and cis-2-dec...