US Patent Issued to HARCROS CHEMICALS on Sept. 29 for "Antimicrobial compounds based on glucoheptonic acids and their salts" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,299, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to HARCROS CHEMICALS INC. (Kansas City, Mo.).

"Antimicrobial compounds based on glucoheptonic acids and their salts" was invented by Peter Radford (Lenexa, Kan.), Diana Crain (Overland Park, Kan.), Larry Morris (Smithville, Mo.), Kevin Sikkema (Overland Park, Kan.), Amol Ashok Walke (Mapusa Bardez Goa, India), Jose C. J. M. D. S. Menezes (Bicholim-Goa, India) and Prasanta Mayapur (Mapusa Bardez, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to methods for disinfecting or sanitizing. The invention is also directed to methods for the preparation of certain compounds useful as a disinf...