US Patent Issued to Stratix Lab on Sept. 22 for "Methods and articles for testing disinfectant and sanitizer efficacy" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,142, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Stratix Lab Corp. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Methods and articles for testing disinfectant and sanitizer efficacy" was invented by Joshua Erickson (Blaine, Minn.), Mark Mulvahill (St. Louis Park, Minn.) and Maya Burroughs (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of evaluating the antimicrobial efficacy of a hard surface disinfectant or sanitizer and test articles are disclosed. An example method may include removing a preserved antimicrobial test article from a sealed container. The preserved antimicrobial test article may comprise a non-water soluble substrate and a thin microbial la...