US Patent Issued to Microban Products on March 17 for "Odor control composition and method of using" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,725, issued on March 17, was assigned to Microban Products Co. (Huntersville, N.C.).

"Odor control composition and method of using" was invented by Tian Lan (Huntersville, N.C.) and Brian Patrick Aylward (Concord, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chemical composition for controlling odor and to a method of using the chemical composition to impart an odor control treatment to an article, more particularly to a textile material or a building or construction material. The chemical composition comprises a metal compound selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, and a combination thereof and a sulfo pol...