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Antimicrobial peat moss composition
Assignee: Johnson and Johnson
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Filing: 1984-07-16
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Granted: 1986-10-21
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Expires: 2004-07-16
Abstract
Abstract A composition for inhibiting the growth of microorganisms comprising peat moss having substantively bound thereto an antimicrobial heterocyclic compound.
Inventors
- 👤 Raynald Brasseur
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 13:17
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L15/00; A61L15/16; A61L15/40; A01; A01N; A01N25/00; A01N25/08; A61L15/20; A61L15/42; A61L15/46; A61F; A61F13/00; A61F13/15; A61F13/53; A61F2013/530131; A61F2013/530335; A61F13/84; A61F13/8405; A61F2013/8408; A61F2013/8414; A61L2300/00; A61L2300/20; A61L2300/204; A61L2300/40; A61L2300/404
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
63 words
A process for providing a composition for inhibiting the growth of microorganisms comprising: soaking peat moss in a solution comprising from 0.01 to 5.0 percent, by weight of an antimicrobial heterocyclic compound; removing excess solution and washing said treated peat moss to remove non-substantively bound heterocyclic compound while retaining at least five mg of substantively bound heterocyclic compound per gram of peat moss.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
63 words
A process for providing a composition for inhibiting the growth of microorganisms comprising: soaking peat moss in a solution comprising from 0.01 to 5.0 percent, by weight of an antimicrobial heterocyclic compound; removing excess solution and washing said treated peat moss to remove non-substantively bound heterocyclic compound while retaining at least five mg of substantively bound heterocyclic compound per gram of peat moss.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said heterocyclic compound is selected from the group consisting of 10,10' oxybisphenoxyarsine; imidazolidinyl urea; 1-hexadecyl pyridinium chloride; 2n-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one; sodium 2-mercapto benzo-thiazole; or the cis-isomer of 1-(3-chloroalkyl)-3,5,7triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said peat moss is raw peat moss.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said peat moss is in board form.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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