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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:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce S Higgs, Sydney, AU;
William C White, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
556406 ; 556407 ; 556408 ; 556413 ; 556418 ; 556424 ;
Abstract
A method of treating surfaces in order to eliminate microbial growth by adding an antibacterially effective amount of an organosilicon quaternary ammonium silatrane compound to the surface in order to destroy bacteria and fungi. The preferred organosilicon quaternary ammonium silatrane compound has the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4, each represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl, ethyl, propyl, or butyl radical.