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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7381456 | Fungi resistant faced insulation assembly and method A kraft paper sheet contains and/or is coated with a fungi growth-inhibiting agent that causes the kraft paper sheet to be fungi growth resistant. The kraft paper sheet alone or as part of a layered sheet material is used as a central field portion of facings for va... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7229689 | Polysaccharide fibres This invention relates to polysaccharide fibres having water absorption properties characterised by the incorporation within the fibres of at least one substance having anti-microbial properties, and to wound dressings formed from said fibres. The polysaccharide fib... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7179773 | Fungicidal composition An improved, long-lasting aqueous-based fungicidal composition is disclosed. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7108861 | Environmentally benign crop protection agents Disclosed are environmentally benign crop protection compounds that interfere with the attachment of a broad range of plant pathogens to plant cells surfaces. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6979491 | Antimicrobial yarn having nanosilver particles and methods for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a yarn with antimicrobial effects. The antimicrobial antifungal effect of the yarn is derived from nanosilver particles (diameter between 1 and 100 nm) which are adhered to the yarn. The yarn contains fibers which are made of cotton, l... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6933438 | Duct with wire locator A cylindrical duct of plastic material is coextruded with a longitudinal wire located between the duct inner and outer surfaces, and with a stripe of a different color plastic material than the duct overlying the wire. The stripe is of a softer plastic material than... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6838171 | Antibacterial fiber and antibacterial twisted yarn An antibacterial fiber and twisted yarn having an antibacterial imparting glass composition complexed therewith. The glass composition comprises 0.1-5.0 % by weight of Ag2O in a composition containing 45-67 mol % of P2O5, 5-20 mol % ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6818087 | Method for producing laminated sheet matrix containing releasable ingredient A sheetlike article comprising a single-layer homogenous matrix containing at least one active substance such as a crop protection agent, biocide, fertilizer, plant strengthener, cosmetic substance or fragrance, is produced by applying the at least one active substa... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6815379 | Antibacterial cloth An antibacterial cloth having an antibacterial imparting glass composition complexed therewith. The glass composition comprises 0.1-5.0% by weight of Ag2O in a composition containing 45-67 mol % of P2O5, 5-20 mol % of Al2O... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6777103 | Fiber cement composite material using biocide treated durable cellulose fibers A fiber cement composite material providing improved rot resistance and durability, the composite material incorporating biocide treated fibrous pulps to resist microorganism attacks. The biocide treated fibers have biocides attached to inner and outer surfaces of i... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6773822 | Antifungal gypsum board A novel gypsum board having antifungal properties is disclosed. The board comprises a gypsum core, front and back paper facings and an antifungal agent effective at inhibiting fungal growth. A preferred antifungal agent is cetyl pyridinium chloride. The antifungal a... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6767647 | Antimicrobial wallboard A gypsum wallboard that exhibits antimicrobial characteristics is disclosed. A method for making the wallboard is also disclosed. Suitable antimicrobial agents that may be applied to the wallboard or any components thereof include propiconazole, sodium pyrithione, t... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6751831 | Method of forming a three-dimensional camouflage fabric A base textile with a camouflage pattern is subjected to hot fluid streams to create flat regions and puckered or wrinkled regions, enhancing the three dimensional characteristics of the resulting material. ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6706401 | Carbon matrix composites fabricated by a rapid and low-cost process incorporating in-situ polymerization of wetting monomers This invention is a rapid low-cost technique for manufacturing thick high-performance carbon and ceramic composites in the form of uniformly densified near-net shaped structures. This is accomplished by impregnating composite preforms with low-viscosity wetting mono... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6680127 | Antifungal gypsum board A novel gypsum board having antifungal properties is disclosed. The board comprises a gypsum core, front and back paper facings and an antifungal agent effective at inhibiting fungal growth. A preferred antifungal agent is cetylpyridinium chloride. The an... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6652986 | Method for preserving wood and preserved wood obtained in accordance with the method A method for preserving wood that includes impregnating the wood with a wood preservative agent based on one or more compounds of at least one metal of the 1st and/or 2nd subgroups of the periodic system and fixing the metal(s) for p... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6612457 | Refuse container A refuse container for receiving refuse being mountable to a stable surface such as wall or a ground surface comprising: an anchoring structure; an anchoring structure-to-stable surface attachment for solidly attaching the anchoring structure to said s... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6541138 | Treated textile fabric A method of preparing a stain resistant and water repellant textile fabric comprising: a) treating a textile fabric with an aqueous primary treatment composition comprising at least about 5 weight percent of a fluorochemical textile treating agent, based ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6528175 | Method for pressure treating boards A method for treating wood products is provided wherein wood products are treated in an aqueous solution of a silicate, a rheology modifier, a wetting agent and, optionally, borax and/or a bacteriocide or fungicide; the aqueous solution having a pH of at ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6527981 | Azole/amine oxide preservatives Applicants have discovered that amine oxides enhance the performance of azoles as fungicides and wood preservatives. Also, amine oxides have been found to provide waterproofing properties and enhance the uniform distribution and penetration of azoles into... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6492001 | Treated textile fabric The present invention provides a water repellant, water resistant, stain resistant fabric that feels like fabric rather than plastic. The fabric of the present invention is prepared by treating a fabric with at least one treatment composition comprising f... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6429156 | Substance releasing materials There is disclosed a substance releasing material including a substrate having at least one beneficial substance adhered thereto by at least one layer of bonding agent. The beneficial substance or substances is releasable by the action of a release agent.... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6413446 | Antifouling agents, their production and use, and antifouling coating produced therefrom The present invention relates to antifouling agents containing (A) at least one multifunctional carbosilane and/or carbosiloxane of formula (I) Q[(CH2)m SiR1n X.sub.(3-n) ]p (I) and/or a partial condensation ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6382418 | Floral wrapper utilizing a breathable packaging material A breathable packaging material used for packaging items, such as floral groupings, flower pots, fresh produce, food, medical supplies/equipment and pharmaceutical products, thereby forming a breathable package for containing such items. The breathable pa... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6313049 | Disposable fabric-saturated sanitizer wipe(s) for food industry with sealed container packaging therefor Food industry disposable wet sanitizer wipe(s) (10) for food preparation surfaces, utensils, cooking instruments, containers and the like; using U.S. food industry approved legal sanitizer(s) and their respective legal solution parts per million of quater... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6309837 | PCR-based method for identifying a fusarium wilt-resistant genotype in plants The present invention provides a sensitive assay for objectively determining the genotype of cucurbit plants, particularly species of melon, with respect to resistance or susceptibility to Fusarium wilt infection. The assay of the present invention uses a... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6274519 | Food wrapping cloth A food wrapping cloth comprises a fabric serving as a material and formed of a warp and a weft; the warp being composed of a cellulosic fiber yarn and a twist yarn formed by twisting an antibacterial yarn with a cellulosic fiber yarn, the antibacterial ya... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6258455 | Antimicrobial ultra-microfiber cloth An antimicrobial material having at least one yarn having fine fiber of 1.0 denier or less and at least one yarn having antimicrobial fiber that are engaged with each other, wherein the antimicrobial fibers impart an antimicrobial property to the entire m... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6231994 | Treated encapsulated wooden workpiece and method A moisture containing wooden core substantially fully encapsulated within a formed in situ substantially non-wetting water impervious thermoplastic envelope. An effective amount of an insect and fungi controlling water soluble reagent is provided within t... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6207250 | Treated textile fabric A liquid repellant, stain-resistant, antimicrobial fabric. At least one composition comprising an antimicrobial agent and a fluorochemical composition is applied to a fabric such as a jacquard, to produce a treated fabric. The liquid and stain-resistant, ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6197137 | Method of preventing adhesion of aquatic organisms in structures in water The present invention provides a method of preventing adhesion of aquatic organisms on structures in the water such as ships. In the method, the underwater part of a structure in the water is covered up with the sheet. The sheet is made of a polyolefin an... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6180162 | Method of producing antimicrobial metal articles and antimicrobial metal articles produced by the method An excellent antibacterial property is afforded upon a metallic article by simple steps of coating a dispersion liquid or a solution of fine particles made of an antibacterial ingredient on the surface of the metallic article and pressing the resulting co... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6168869 | Anti-microbial aluminum product and method for producing the same The present invention relates to an improvement in an anodic aluminum oxide coating on which microbials are easy to adhere and propagate, for constantly keeping it clean. The present invention provides an anti-microbial aluminum product comprising: a poro... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6132877 | High density, low porosity, carbon composite clutch material A carbon--carbon composite clutch friction material for use with a wet lubricant under severe operating conditions is disclosed, the material comprising a woven carbon fabric mesh (suitably a satin weave mesh) infiltrated with pyrolytic carbon to an unusu... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6040251 | Garments of barrier webs The present invention includes novel barrier webs that have certain desirable physical qualities such as water resistance, increased durability, improved barrier qualities and the like. The present invention further comprises a barrier web comprising a we... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6030697 | Method of impregnating garments with an insecticide A plurality of garments are impregnated with an effective amount of permethrin to provide protection against insects by use of a combination of an industrial washing machine and holding tank containing permethrin solution of predetermined strength. The pe... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6024973 | Fabric protectant The present invention provides a fabric protectant having an excellent effect in preventing the hatching of eggs of fabric pest insects. The fabric protectant comprises a paper or paper-like sheet carrying 2, 3, 5, 6-tetrafluorobenzyl 1R-trans-2,2-dimethy... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5993966 | Cord impregnated with rodent repellent A cord is impregnated with a rodent repellent such as an N,N-dialkyl-sulfenyl dithiocarbamate. The impregnated cord can be positioned along an elongated member, such as a buried electric cable, to protect the elongated member from damage by rodents. Prefe... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5948474 | Bio-active rock and method for making the same A method for impregnating rock or landscaping material with bio-active and/or colored fluid. To impregnate the rock or landscaping material with bio-active chemical, the rock or landscaping material is heated to dehydrate it, and cooled to an ambient temp... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5869172 | Internally-coated porous webs with controlled positioning of modifiers therein Improved processes are provided for treating a porous substrate (especially a fabric) to produce novel internally coated porous materials. During treatment, a curable thixotropic material and one or modifying materials are applied to the porous substrate ... | 02/09/1999 |
