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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:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
John David Payne, Manchester, GB;
Assignee:
Avecia Limited, Manchester, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/378 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 4/378 ;
Abstract
A composition comprising (a) a metal complex of a cyclic thiohydroxamic acid such as the 2:1 zinc complex of 3-hydroxy-4-methylthiazol-2(3H)-thione and (b) a salt of the metal such as zinc chloride, acetate or oxide. The presence of component (b) gives enhanced microbiological activity.