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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Robert J. Cornmell, Merseyside, GB;
Megan A. Diehl, Line Lexington, PA (US);
Stephen Golding, Merseyside, GB;
John R. Harp, Knoxville, TN (US);
Ian P. Stott, Merseyside, GB;
Katherine M. Thompson, Merseyside, GB;
Carol L. Truslow, Easton, PA (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an antimicrobial composition and a method for disinfection involving the antimicrobial composition. It particularly relates to an antimicrobial composition for personal cleaning, oral care or hard surface cleaning applications. It was found that compositions comprising thymol, selected propen-2-yl-methyl-cyclohexanols, and a carrier provide synergistic antimicrobial action. In a preferred aspect the composition also comprises 1 to 80%-wt of one or more surfactants.