Patent ID: 6828294
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A sanitizer composition having improved surface retention, comprising:(a) water; (b) about 1 ppm to about 3000 ppm of an antimicrobial agent; and (c) a retention aid comprising about 0.01 wt % to about 3.0 wt % of a mixture of a non-ionic surfactant and an anionic surfactant; wherein: the non-ionic surfactant has a polar non-ionic group attached to a first alkyl group having 8 to 20 carbon atoms; the anionic surfactant has an anionic group attached to a second alkyl group having 8 to 20 carbon atoms; and the ratio of the non-ionic surfactant to the anionic surfactant is about 0.1:1 to about 0.5:1.