ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,716, issued on April 21, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).
"Biocide composition" was invented by Ravi Shankar (Wilsonville, Ore.) and John L. Stoffel (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of a biocide composition include an activated halogen compound selected from the group consisting of 2,2-dibromo-3-nitrlopropionamide; 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol; and 1,2-dibromo-2,4-dicyanobutane; benzisothiazolin-3-one; a pyridine-N-oxide selected from the group consisting of zinc pyrithione and sodium pyrithione; and a carbamate derivative selected from the group consisting of 3-iodo-2-propynyl...