Patent ID: 11959045
Assignee: THE CLOROX COMPANY
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A hard surface disinfecting composition that has a score of 4 minutes or greater for an EpiOcular assay (ET50) which measures irritancy potential by exposure time required for the composition to reduce tissue viability to 50% of a set of test controls, while providing at least a 3-log reduction in a Staphylococcus aureus population within 4 minutes or less, the composition comprising:
(a) about 0.4% to about 1% by weight of citric acid;
(b) about 0.01% to about 1% by weight of an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of: alkyl sulfates, alkyl sulfonates, and mixtures or combinations thereof;
(c) about 0.5% to about 4% by weight of one or more non-volatile glycol solvents;
(d) about 0.0001% to about 0.02% by weight of a fatty acid; and
(e) water;
wherein a pH of the composition is less than 2.5.