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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:
Jul. 22, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen T Wellinghoff, San Antonio, TX (US);
Joel J Kampa, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A01N / ; A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5147723 ; 424405 ; 424408 ; 424409 ; 424412 ; 25218721 ; 25218723 ;
Abstract
A composite for retarding bacterial, fungal and viral contamination and mold growth including a hydrophobic material containing an acid releasing agent, and a hydrophilic material containing chlorite anions. The hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials are adjacent and substantially free of water, and the hydrophilic material is capable of releasing chlorine dioxide upon hydrolysis of the acid releasing agent.