	US 12,114,659 B2
	Method for controlling growth of microorganisms and/or biofilms in an industrial process
Jaakko Simell, Helsinki (FI); Marko Kolari, Vantaa (FI); Michael Givskov, Humlebaek (DK); Tim Tolker-Nielsen, Kgs. Lyngby (DK); Morten Levin Rybtke, Brondby (DK); and Jens Bo Andersen, Greve (DK)
Assigned to Kemira Oyj, Helsinki (FI); and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (DK)
Filed by Kemira Oyj, Helsinki (FI); and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (DK)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/873,592.
Application 17/873,592 is a division of application No. 16/638,769, granted, now 11,490,621, previously published as PCT/EP2018/073107, filed on Aug. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17188321 (EP), filed on Aug. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361497 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A01N 43/78 (2006.01); A01N 41/10 (2006.01)

CPC A01N 43/78 (2013.01) [A01N 41/10 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A method to control formation of a biofilm in an aqueous industrial manufacturing environment comprising cellulosic fibers and having a temperature of at least 40° C., the method comprising a step of continuously or periodically adminstering to the aqueous environment a composition comprising 3-[(4-methylphenyl)sulphonyl]-2-propenenitrile as an active compound wherein the aqueous industrial manufacturing environment is an aqueous environment in manufacturing paper, board, pulp, tissue, or non-woven or viscose.