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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Panagiotis Kotsakis, Athens, GR;
Neil James Parry, Tarporley, GB;
Assignee:
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06M 13/418 (2006.01); C07D 207/44 (2006.01); D06M 23/12 (2006.01); D06M 101/06 (2006.01); D06M 101/20 (2006.01); D06M 101/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06M 13/418 (2013.01); C07D 207/44 (2013.01); D06M 23/12 (2013.01); D06M 2101/06 (2013.01); D06M 2101/20 (2013.01); D06M 2101/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a modified textile comprising a) a textile substrate; and, b) a lactam coating; and to the use of a lactam to impart anti-biofilm properties to a textile; and to the use of a lactam to inhibit biofilm growth on a textile substrate; wherein the lactam is selected from: (I) 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-methylene-pyrrol-2-one; and (II) 5-methylene-4-(p-tolyl)pyrrol-2-one; (III) 4-(4-bromophenyl)-5-methylene-pyrrol-2-one; (IV) 4-(3-chlorophenyl)-5-methylene-pyrrol-2-one; (V) 4-(2-fluorophenyl)-5-methylene-pyrrol-2-one; and (VI).