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Aerosol antimicrobial compositions

  • US 6,080,387 A
  • Filed: 07/15/1998
  • Issued: 06/27/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An aerosol antimicrobial dispensable composition comprising:

  • (a) about 0.01 to 15% of an anionic polymer or prepolymer, which has an acid number greater than 10 wherein the polymer may be completely or partly neutralized by a quaternary ammonium compound, said polymer having a molecular weight range from 100 to 2,000,000 Daltons;

    (b) about 0.01 to 5% of said quaternary ammonium compound, the components (a) and (b) combining to form an antimicrobially effective complex;

    (c) at least one water-soluble or dispersible organic solvent having a vapor pressure of at least 0.001 mm Hg at 25°

    C. and selected from the group consisting of C1-6 alkanols, C1-6 diols. C1-6 alkyl ethers of alkylene glycols and polyalkylene glycols, and mixtures thereof, said at least one organic solvent being at least 20% of the composition;

    (d) about 1% to 50% of a propellant; and

    (e) less than 70% water.

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