Patent ID: 8821910

Claim:
An antimicrobial composition comprising a material selected from the group consisting of coatings, inks, adhesives, lubricants, textiles, polymers, plastics, rubbers, waxes, ceramics, metals, glass, superabsorbers, membranes, gels, wood or cellulosic substrates, paper, pharmaceuticals, water, home and personal care formulations, packaging materials and cosmetics which material is treated with or is mixed with an antimicrobial homo-oligomer-formed from 2-tert-butylaminoethyl methacrylate (tBAEMA) only and the homo-oligomer has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 400 to 20,000 g/mole, optionally with a polydispersity index between 1 and 4.0 (determined according to GPC using poly(methyl methacrylate) narrow Mw standards), wherein the homo-oligomer does not form a block.