Patents by Inventor Eric C. Tedford

Eric C. Tedford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for controlling fungi and mites in textile substrates
    Patent number: 8491923
    Abstract: The present invention, therefore, relates to a method for prophylaxis, control or reduction of fungi in a textile substrate, which comprises applying to a textile substrate that is susceptible to fungal infestation an amount effective for the prophylaxis, control or reduction of fungi of at least one fungicidal compound. The invention further provides a method for the prophylaxis, control or reduction of both fungi and dust mites in a textile substrate, which comprises co-application to a textile substrate that is susceptible to fungal and dust mite infestation of a prophylactic or acaricidally effective amount of a suitable acaricide and a prophylactic or fungicidally effective amount of at least one fungicidal compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: William D. McClellan, Eric C. Tedford, Jeremy R. Godwin