ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,628, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Collidion Inc. (Petaluma, Calif.).

"Compositions, kits, methods and uses for cleaning, disinfecting, sterilizing and/or treating" was invented by Hojabr Alimi (Petaluma, Calif.), Sridhar Govinda Prasad (San Diego) and Surya Kanta De (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present specification discloses a composition comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of hypochlorous acid or free available chlorine in combination with one or more quaternary compounds or silicon quaternary compounds, one or more guanide-containing compounds, one or more alcohols, one or more metallic part...