US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on April 14 for "No rinse quat/acid/ethoxylated alcohol disinfectant composition for food contact surfaces" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,921, issued on April 14, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"No rinse quat/acid/ethoxylated alcohol disinfectant composition for food contact surfaces" was invented by Derrick Anderson (Saint Paul, Minn.), Kelly Anne Rightmire (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Erik C. Olson (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "No rinse, low pH food contact disinfecting and sanitizing compositions comprising one or more quaternary ammonium compounds in combination with an acid source are provided. The compositions include antimicrobial quaternary ammonium compounds such as alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chlorides (ADBAC), alkyl d...