Patent ID: 6310013
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: C10M

Abstract:
A lubricant composition comprising:(a) machinery lubricant; and(b) antimicrobially effective amount of a parahydroxy benzoic acid antimicrobial agent to provide said lubricant composition with at least a two log reduction in bacteria in water in about two weeks or at least a two log reduction in mold and yeast in water in about one month from a concentration of bacteria of between 10.sup.5 and 10.sup.6 CFU/ml and a mold and yeast concentration of between 10.sup.5 and 10.sup.6 CFU/ml, wherein the parahydroxy benzoic acid antimicrobial agent exhibits a partition coefficient between water and said machinery lubricant of between about 0.01 and about 1,000.