Patent 7223443 was granted and assigned to Microban Products Company on May, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An antimicrobial cementitious composition for imparting antimicrobial characteristics to cement comprises cement and an antimicrobial agent selected from the group consisting of an ortho-phenyl phenol or salt thereof, a tolyl diiodomethyl sulfone, a zinc pyrithione, an oxathiazine, an azole, a chlorothalonil, and a triazine diamine; combinations of agents also may be employed.