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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7160606 | Method of treating building materials with boron and building materials A method of treating building materials with boron and boron treated building materials. The method involves introducing boron during manufacture of the building materials in the form of a water soluble copper-borate complex. The copper-borate complex enables a wide... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7008647 | Treatment of acne The invention relates to the use of one or more antimicrobial metals selected from silver, gold, platinum, and palladium but most preferably silver, preferably formed with atomic disorder, and preferably in a nanocrystalline form, for the treatment of a acne. The na... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7005145 | Antibacterial and fungicidal polymer dispersions and polymer solutions The invention relates to polymer dispersions or polymer solutions that are given antibacterial and fungicidal properties by metal ions of group Ib of the Periodic table. According to the invention, a) the polymer dispersions or polymer solutions are not produced usi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6989156 | Therapeutic treatments using the direct application of antimicrobial metal compositions Therapeutic treatments using the direct application of selected structures of antimicrobial metals in free-standing powder form, solution form and/or suspension form in therapeutically effective amounts. The selected structures of antimicrobial metals serve as an an... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6939568 | Treatment of inflammatory skin conditions The invention relates to the use of one or more antimicrobial metals, most preferably silver, preferably formed with atomic disorder, and preferably in a nanocrystalline form, for the treatment of inflammatory skin conditions. The nanocrystalline antimicrobial metal... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6896908 | Wood preservative concentrate This invention relates to a leach-resistant borate preservative for lignocellulosic-based products, providing resistance against insect and fungal attack for use in exterior and ground contact applications. The preservative compositions of this invention may be prov... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6863904 | Compositions and methods for prophylactic and therapeutic supplementation of nutrition in subjects The present invention relates to compositions without added iron and methods for prophylactic nutritional supplementation and therapeutic nutritional supplementation. Specifically, the method involves administering to an individual a composition comprising carotenoi... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6849276 | Liquid composition with fungicide, bactericidal and bacteriostatic activity The invention concerns a phytosanitary fungicide, bactericidal or bacteriostatic composition comprising at least a mineral salt, a copper oxide or hydroxide suspended in an aqueous emulsion of at least a terpene derivative. ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6726937 | Antifungal composition The present invention provides use of a composition containing 2-n-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and N-n-butyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one for providing antifungal efficacy to a wood preservative containing copper oxide or a copper salt and a fungicidal azole. It also p... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6692774 | Synergistic mixtures of selected amino acids Novel synergistic fungicidal compositions used for protecting seeds, plants and other vegetative material against fungi contain a mixture of one or more compounds selected from group A and one or more compounds selected from group B. Compounds from group ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6689392 | Methods and compositions for controlling plant pathogen A composition for controlling growth of pathological organisms on a plant, said composition comprises an effective amount of one or more of metal ion(s); one or more of chelating agent(s); and phosphorous acid, and/or salt or hydrate thereof, said composi... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6680073 | Composition and method for the treatment of onychomycosis in animals This invention relates to a composition and method for the treatment of white line disease, including ailments such as Onychomycosis, sporotichosis, hoof rot, jungle rot, pseudallecheria boydii, scopulariopsis or athletes foot. The composition of the pres... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6579541 | Oxidative fluorinator compounds as antimicrobials The invention relates to a method and composition for destroying or inhibiting proliferation of microbes using oxidative fluorinator compounds. Fluoride salts that do not dissociate completely in aqueous solutions, such as tri- or tetravalent transition m... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6565891 | Nutritional supplement for children A multinutrient nutritional supplement is provided that is designed to be most effective in optimizing health, increasing the immunity and decreasing the instances and severity of infection particularly among children.... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6562378 | Nutritional supplement for adolescents A multinutrient nutritional supplement is provided that is designed to be most effective in optimizing health, increasing the immunity and decreasing the instances and severity of infection particularly among adolescents.... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6541038 | Method for treating wood with a metal-containing treating agent and wood treated thereby A method for treating wood, characterized by impregnating wood with a metal-containing treating agent containing lignin and/or lignin derivatives and a metal, a metal compound, and/or a metal ion and oxidizing and/or macromolecularizing of the lignin and/... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6362370 | Wood preservatives Wood preservatives having biocidal properties which include quaternary ammonium compounds of general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1 is a C8-18 -alkyl group or an optionally substituted benzyl group, R2 is a C8-18 | 03/26/2002 |
| 6352706 | Naturally occurring enhancer of metal toxicants in molluscs An ingestible mollusc poison contains a simple metal compound, an activity enhancing additive such as ethylene diamine disuccinic acid (EDDS) and derivatives thereof, and a carrier material edible to molluscs. In one embodiment the active agent of the mol... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6254899 | Plant extract compositions, method of preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them The invention concerns a composition of salicoid (Salix alba extract) and parthenoid (Tanacetum parthenium extract), or of plants of plant extracts containing these two active principles, its use in a method for treatment of the human or animal body by th... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6255331 | Stable biocidal compositions Disclosed are biocidal compositions comprising mixtures of formaldehyde-releasing imidazolidines, such as 1,3-dimethylol-5,3-dimethylhydantoin, and 3-isothiazolones stabilized with low levels of copper salts.... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6211213 | Stable microbicide formulation Stable microbicidal compositions containing a 3-isothiazolone compound, organic oxidants, copper salts and water are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of stabilizing 3-isothiazolone compositions.... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6197815 | Amino acid chelates to reduce still births and increase birth weight in non-human animals Metal amino acid chelates for animals are beneficial for facilitating and promoting growth by increasing desired metallic ion uptake. The present invention is directed to a process for providing an animal fed additive by preparing metal amino acid chelate... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6180672 | Wood preservatives Wood preservatives having biocidal properties which include quaternary ammonium compounds of general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1 is a C8-18 -alkyl group or an optionally substituted benzyl group, R2 is a C8-18 | 01/30/2001 |
| 6103768 | Fatty acid based compositions and methods for the control of plant infections and pests The invention described here concerns the unique utility of fatty acids and their derivatives to eradicate existing fungal and bacterial infections in plants. Also, described herein are combination treatments whereby fatty acids are used to enhance or aug... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5997911 | Composition and method for reducing diarrhea in poultry and swine A composition and method for reducing the incidence of Poult Enteritis Mortality Syndrome in young turkeys, flushing in mature turkeys, and scours in swine. The composition of the present invention comprises, in combination, a simple copper (II) salt, a h... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5965117 | Water-bouyant particulate materials containing micronutrients for phytoplankton Water-buoyant compositions comprising a source of micronutrients for photosynthetic phytoplankton growth are useful for stimulating photosynthetic phytoplankton growth in ocean areas devoid of such growth when deployed on ocean surfaces as floating partic... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5888526 | Antibacterial antifungal agent and fibrous material containing the same The present invention is to provide a fibrous material containing an antibacterial antifungal agent consisting of specific metal salt of organic compound effective for both antibacterial and antifungal functions and various articles containing the same fi... | 03/30/1999 |
| 4418056 | Process for making cupric hydroxide In one exemplar embodiment, the present invention comprises a method of making cupric hydroxide that comprises the steps of preparing a suspension of insoluble copper oxychloride in aqueous medium, mixing sodium lignosulfonate into the copper oxychloride ... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4357163 | Water soluble pentachlorophenol and tetrachlorophenol wood treating systems containing fatty acid amine oxides This invention relates to new and improved chlorinated phenol water soluble wood treating compositions and methods for preservation of wood or products made from wood. In the general practice of this invention, wooden objects are treated with water solubl... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4288249 | Water soluble pentachlorophenol and tetrachlorophenol wood treating systems This invention relates generally to water soluble wood treating compositions and methods for preservation of wood or products made from wood. In the general practice of this invention, wooden objects are treated with water soluble wood treating and preser... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4093440 | Solid phytosanitary composition Solid phytosanitary compositions compacted into single doses for agricultural application and intended to be progressively disintegrated by contact with a stream of water and containing at least one active pesticide, at least non non-hydrophilid filler, a... | 06/06/1978 |
| 3954992 | 2-Cyano-2-hydroxyiminoacetamides as plant disease control agents Compounds of the formula ##EQU1## such as 2-cyano-2-hydroxyiminoacetamide and 2-cyano-N-ethylcarbamoyl-2-methoxyiminoacetamide are useful in preventing fungus diseases in plants.... | 05/04/1976 |
