ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,827, issued on June 23, was assigned to Phiex Technologies Inc. (Boston).
"Moisture-activated chlorine dioxide-releasing powder and method of manufacture" was invented by Sumner Barenberg (Boston), Robert Cameron (Boalsburg, Pa.) and Xiao Tian (Wilmington, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of manufacturing a moisture-activated powder are provided which provide generation and release of chlorine dioxide without detectable amounts of any toxic by-products such as chlorine gas, chlorites, or chlorates. The powder need not be exposed to light before or during exposure of the powder to moisture or relative humidity to generate t...