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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kalakota S Reddy, Midland, MI (US);
Connie I Deford, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514526 ; 71 67 ; 162161 ; 210764 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of using a compound corresponding to the formula: ##STR1## as an antimicrobial agent comprising contacting a microorganism or a habitat thereof with an antimicrobially effective amount of the compound. This 3-iodo-2-chloro-2-propenenitrile compound has been found to exhibit a high degree of antimicrobial activity in industrial and commercial applications and compositions containing this compound are so employed. An antimicrobial composition comprising and a process for the preparation of the 3-iodo-2-chloro-2-propenenitrile compound are also disclosed.