ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 26 -- 3M Innovative Properties, St. Paul, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,840,932) developed by four co-inventors for "antiseptic compositions and methods." The co-inventors are Matthew T. Scholz, Woodbury, Minnesota, Danli Wang, Shoreview, Minnesota, Triet M. Lu, Woodbury, Minnesota, and Dong-Wei Zhu, Woodbury, Minnesota.

The patent application was filed on March 10, 2006 (11/372,758). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto. . . .