Patent 7427316 was granted and assigned to E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company on September, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Complexes of tropolone and copper and/or zinc were solubilized in ammoniacal solution providing preservative solutions that fully penetrate wood. With loss of the ammonia from the wood, the complexes were stably retained in the wood providing a long lasting preservative.