Patent ID: 6479438
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
A gel resistant, biocidally active concentrate or solution containing (a) between about 0.05 and about 25 wt. % a biodially active component; (b) between about 0 and about 40 wt. % of an organic oil; (c) between about 2 and about 20 wt. % of a terminally hindered carbodiimide; (d) between about 10 and about 80 wt. % of a lipophillic/hydrophilic emulsifier mixture having HLB of from about 7 to 20 and (e) between 0.5 and about 15 wt. %, based on (a)through (d), of a polyhydroxylated, aliphatic compound selectyed from the group consisting of propylene glycol, 1,4-botanediol, pentaerythritol, glycerol,glyceraldehydes, dihydroxyacetone, 1,4-dihydroxyacetone dimmer, 1,3-dihydroxyacetone dimmer, trihydroxy acetone, sorbitol, cyclohexane diol, inositol, 2,4,6-trihydorxy cyclohexanoe, 4,4â€²-dihydroxy cyclohexyl ketone and a mixture therof; said polyhydroxylated compound having a molecular weight less than 400.