Patent ID: 8765159
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
1. A process for producing an information carrier, intended to be handled relatively frequently and selected from the group consisting of a banknote, a passport, a playing card, a chipcard, a packaging, a book, and a magazine, comprising the step of: incorporating at least two biocidal agents into the information carrier made of at least one material selected from cellulosic and plastic materials; wherein at least a first biocidal agent is selected from the group consisting of bacteriostatic and bactericidal agents, and at least a second biocidal agent is selected from the group consisting of fungistatic and fungicidal agents; wherein the first biocidal agent comprises didecyldimethylammonium chloride or silver ions and the second biocidal agent comprises p-[(diiodomethyl)sulfonyl]toluol in the form of an aqueous dispersion or iodopropynyl butyl carbamate in the form of an aqueous dispersion; and wherein the incorporation of said biocidal agents is carried out by surfacing said information carrier with a solution containing said biocidal agents.