Patent ID: 9644175
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61P,A61Q,C11D

Claim:
1. A method for achieving an antimicrobial, preservative and/or microorganism adhesion inhibiting effect for protection within an article and/or material or on the surface of an article and/or material, which method comprises: applying a compound of formula I or an adduct or salt thereof to the article and/or the material in an amount effective to protect against action of microbes, wherein one of A and A′ is a residue of the formula I′ while the other is hydrogen; R R R R wherein each aryl moiety is unsubstituted or substituted by C wherein the article and/or material is selected from the group consisting of medical device materials, fabrics, paper, nonwovens, wood, and leather.