US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on April 21 for "Quaternary disinfectant composition with anionic scale inhibiting agent" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,892, issued on April 21, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Quaternary disinfectant composition with anionic scale inhibiting agent" was invented by Carter M. Silvernail (Saint Paul, Minn.), Stefan Jaeger (Saint Paul, Minn.), Erin Jane Dahlquist Howlett (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Michael Decker (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to quaternary ammonium disinfecting cleaner compositions comprising a quaternary ammonium compound, an antimicrobial amine, and an anionic scale inhibitor. Beneficially, the compositions provide sanitizing efficacy without diminished performance an...