Patent ID: 7268165

Claim:
A composition having antimicrobial properties, comprising: an aliphatic alcohol having from 1 to about 8 carbon atoms in an amount from about 30 to less than 60 parts; an aromatic alcohol in an amount from about 0.5 to about 5.0 parts, wherein the hydroxyl group of the aromatic alcohol is connected to a non-aromatic ring carbon atom; a cationic substrate binding activity enhancing substance in an amount from about 0.0125 to about 0.5 part, wherein the cationic substrate binding activity enhancing substance is behentrimonium methosulfate or behenalkonium chloride or a combination thereof; and water in an amount from about 33 to about 65 parts, all said parts based on 100 parts by weight of the composition, said composition free of a cationic cellulose polymer.