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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7122505 | Composition for controlling the growth of algae, fungi and pathogenic organisms in water A stable aqueous concentrate comprising a polymeric biguanide, a chelating agent and a water-miscible organic solvent for controlling the growth of algae, fungi and pathogenic organisms in water. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6926836 | Treatment of iron sulphide deposits Treating a water system containing or in contact with a metal sulphide scale to inhibit, prevent, reduce, dissolve or disperse iron sulphide deposits. A solution of tris(hydroxyorgano)phosphines (THP) and tetrakis(hydroxyorgano)phosphonium salts (THP+ sal... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6861075 | Biocidal compositions comprising an aerated gel containing hydrophobic silica A storage-stable biocidal aerated gel composition comprises from 30 to 97% by weight of water, from 0.2 to 5% by weight of a gelling agent selected from xanthan gum, sodium alginate and neutralised carboxyvinyl polymer from 2 to 5% by weight of a fine particulate, h... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6600088 | Assay for the detection of selectable marker expression in plants Improved methods for the identification of transgenic plants containing NPTII protein are disclosed. Application of organosilicone surfactant in combination with kanamycin and/or paromomycin facilitates the identification of plants containing NPTII protei... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6426317 | Stable, high available halogen 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trione compositions having rapid dissolution rates Dry, stable, high available halogen sanitizing granular compositions with a rapid rate of dissolution comprising halogenated 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triones and a dissolution accelerant that is an alkali metal salt of 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trione are disclose... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6133198 | Method of treating viroid infections with bioassimilable boron compounds A method of treating plants to raise their resistance to viroids and to protect them from the effects of viroid infections by administering bioassimilable boron compounds to the plants.... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6090855 | Quaternary ammonium carbonate compositions and preparation thereof Quaternary ammonium carbonates having the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 is a C1 -C20 alkyl or aryl-substituted alkyl group and R2 is a C8 -C20 alkyl group have been synthesized. These co... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6087303 | Quaternary ammonium carboxylate and borate compositions and preparation thereof Wood preservative systems comprising (a) a biocidal effective amount of (i) at least one di C8 -C12 alkyl quaternary ammonium carboxylate having the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are a C8 -C... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6068791 | Chloroisocyanuric acid composition having reduced gas evolution Disclosed are trichloroisocyanuric acid compositions that have improved algicidal and/or fungicidal properties yet are relatively safe and non-corrosive. The compositions preferably contain between about 50% and about 95% TCCA, between about 0.5% and abou... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6001158 | Dry biocide A method has been discovered for controlling bacterial growth using a dry biocide. Tetra-kis-hydroxymethyl-phosphonium sulfate (THPS) is adsorbed on a solid, particulate substrate through a spraying technique. The THPS in a dry form eliminates or reduces ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5958900 | Use of organoboron compounds as antifouling agents There is provided a method for controlling or combatting the attachment of a fouling organism to an underwater surface which comprises contacting said organism with an antifouling-effective amount of a diarylboron compound of formula I. A method for prote... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5908580 | Chloroisocyanuric acid composition having reduced gas evolution Disclosed are trichloroisocyanuric acid compositions that have improved algicidal and/or fungicidal properties yet are relatively safe and non-corrosive. The compositions preferably contain between about 50% and about 95% TCCA, between about 0.5% and abou... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5741757 | Biocidal mixture of tetrakis (hydroxymethyl) phosphonium salt and a surfactant The biocidal activity of THP (tetrakis hydroxymethyl phosphonium) compounds is synergistically enhanced by using them in conjunction with wetting agents.... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5700841 | Quaternary ammonium carboxylate and borate compositions and preparation thereof Wood preservative systems comprising (a) a biocidal effective amount of (i) at least one di C8 -C12 alkyl quaternary ammonium carboxylate having the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are a C8 -C... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5556840 | 2',5'-phosphorothioate oligoadenylates as anitiviral agents Optically active compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein n is 1 or 2 and m is 0, 1, 2 or 3 have antiviral activity. Compounds of the formula wherein at least one of the internecleotide phosphorothioate linkages is of the Sp configuration possess in... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5474972 | Pesticide and fungicide comprising aqueous copper silicate A method of producing a water soluble copper silicate by reacting a copper salt with an alkali silicate in an acidic solvent to produce an aqueous solution of acidified copper silicate capable of being used as a fungicide or pesticide.... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5457083 | Synergistic antimicrobial combination of polyether phosphonates and non-oxidizing biocides Synergistic antimicrobial combinations of polyether polyamino methylene phosphonates and one or more members selected from the group consisting essentially of the following non-oxidizing biocides: didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride; dodecylguanidine hydrochlor... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5449658 | Biocidal compositions comprising polyhexamethylene biguanide and EDTA, and methods for treating commercial and recreational water The growth of algae, fungi and pathogenic organisms in commercial and recreational waters, such as cooling towers, swimming pools and spas, may be controlled by adding to the water a primary sanitizing agent, preferably poly(hexamethylene biguanide) ("PHM... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5424079 | Solid, dry, chlorine-free antimicrobial compositions, and method of use A biocidal composition comprising a dry, water soluble mixture of a solid bromide and a stable, solid peracetylperoxyborate compound useful as a chlorine-free water treatment system, said peracetylperoxyborate composition generating hypobromous acid upon ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5354565 | Biocide activator A biocide composition comprising (A) 1 to 50% by weight of a biocide, and (B) 0.005-60% by weight of a biocide activator having the specific formula is provided. The biocide effect of a biocide can be enhanced with the use of an effective amount of a biocide a... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5227360 | Synergistic antialgal compositions comprising diphenylethers and certain commercial biocides and swimming pool liner compositions comprising the antialgal compositions Synergistic antialgal compositions comprising substituted fluoroalkyl diphenylethers and a material selected from the group consisting of sodium hypochlorite, halodialkylhydantoin, n-alkyl dimethyl benzylammonium chloride, 2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamid... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5139561 | Method for protecting growing plants against fungal or microbial path pathogens A method for protecting growing plants against fungal or microbial plant pathogens which comprises applying thereto, or to the medium on which they are growing or to be grown, a composition comprising a water soluble tetrakis (hydroxymethyl) phosphonium s... | 08/18/1992 |
| 4874526 | Treatment of water A process for treating water which comprises adding to the water (a) from 1 to 50 ppm of a phosphonium compound of the formula: ##STR1## in which R represents C1 -C6 groups which are unsubstituted or substituted by a cyano, hydr... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4775388 | Fuel composition comprised of heat-treated dewatered sewage sludge and a biocide-containing fuel oil An improved fuel composition is provided comprised of a colloidal dispersion of a heat-treated dewatered sewage sludge and a biocide-containing hydrocarbon fuel oil. A method is also provided for the incineration of sewage sludge comprised of providing a ... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4673509 | Biocidal water treatment The growth of microbiological contaminants in industrial cooling and process waters and in aqueous based products, susceptible to microbiological spoilage on storage, is inhibited by the presence of a phosphorus compound having a hydroxy alkyl group direc... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4613355 | Antibiotic having herbicidal activity A compound of the formula ##STR1## and salts thereof, exhibits herbicidal activity against many herbaceous and woody plants. The compound may be formulated for agricultural use in conventional manner. The compound may be made by fermentation of a sui... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4500338 | Adherent controlled release microbiocides containing hydrolyzable _organic titanium compounds There are disclosed methods and compositions for the controlled release of microbiocides by using a mixture consisting of (a) a hydrolyzable organic titanium compound or a partial hydrolyzate thereof, (b) optionally an organopolysiloxane containing hydrox... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4494977 | Quaternary ammonium salts of -1,4-thiazine alkanephosphonic acids This invention relates to quaternary ammonium salts of -1,4-thiazine alkanephosphonic acids; and to the preparation and uses thereof.... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4407764 | N-Arylsulfinyl N-phosphonomethylglycinonitriles Ester derivatives of N-arylsulfinyl-N-phosphonomethylglycinonitriles useful as herbicides. Also described is a process for preparing the same, herbicidal compositions containing the same, and herbicidal methods employing such glycinonitriles and herbicida... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4404014 | Salt-like products of the addition of phenols onto amino organosilane esters and method for the preparation thereof and use as a preservative An adduct of phenol with an aminoorganosilane ester with salt-like charge-transfer-complex structure of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R represents an alkyl moiety of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or ethylene glycol or polyethylene glycol or propylene gl... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4394378 | 3-(Trimethoxysilyl) propyldidecylmethyl ammonium salts and method of inhibiting growth of microorganisms therewith The growth of bacteria, fungi or the like is inhibited by contacting such microorganisms with an effective amount of certain silyl quaternary ammonium salts, e.g., 3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyldidecylmethyl ammonium chloride.... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4342584 | Microbiocidal process using di-quaternary ammonium salts of -1,4-thiazine alkanephosphonic acids This invention relates to novel di-quaternary ammonium salts of -1,4-thiazine alkanephosphonic acids; the preparation thereof; and uses thereof.... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4282366 | Organosilicon quaternary ammonium antimicrobial compounds The use as antimicrobial agents of organosilicon quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein m+n is 16 to 19, m is 1 to 6, and n is 13 to 17 or m+n is 20 to 23, m is 4 to 11 and n is 9 to 17; X is a halogen; and Y is a hydrolyzable... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4259103 | Method of reducing the number of microorganisms in a media and a method of preservation What is disclosed is a method of reducing microorganisms by contacting the microorganisms with the surface of a substrate which has been altered by contacting a substrate which develops a negative charge in water with a substance that ionizes in water to ... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4254270 | Salt-like products of the addition of phenols onto amino organosilane esters and method for the preparation thereof An adduct of phenol with an aminoorganosilane ester with salt-like charge-transfer-complex structure of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R represents an alkyl moiety of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or ethylene glycol or polyethylene glycol or propylene gl... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4197254 | Derivatives of N-phosphonomethylglycine A new class of compounds, prepared by reacting a salt of N-phosphonomethylglycine with a cyclic anhydride, have utility as post-emergent herbicides.... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4164574 | Use of polyquaternary ammonium methylene phosphonates as microbiocides Polyquaternary ammonium methylene phosphonates and uses thereof, particularly as scale inhibitors, chelating agents, bactericides, etc.... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4084950 | Use of polyquaternary ammonium methylene phosphonates as microbiocides Polyquaternary ammonium methylene phosphonates and uses thereof, particularly as scale inhibitors, chelating agents, bactericides, etc.... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4022606 | Antimicrobial use of ω-aminocarboxylic acid amides A process for the use of ω-Aminocarboxylic acid amides of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is an aliphatic hydrocarbon residue having 10 to 14 carbon atoms, R1 and R2 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, --... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4017610 | Inhibiting growth of bacteria, fungi and algae with a lower alkyl tri-n-octyl phosphonium diphenyl phosphate The growth of fungi, algae and bacteria, including sulfate reducing bacteria, is inhibited by applying an effective amount of a lower alkyl tri-n-octyl phosphonium diphenyl phosphate.... | 04/12/1977 |
