Clean Chemistry, Inc.

Clean Chemistry, Inc. is a privately held, private equity-backed chemical technology company founded in 2012. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, the company has additional offices in Texas. Various public sources estimate its size at between 57 and 80 employees, with annual revenues estimated at approximately $19.6 million. Clean Chemistry develops and sells water treatment and microbial control technologies for industrial use.

The company's core product is PeroxyMAX™, a patented oxidant and EPA-registered biocide technology. This liquid chemical formulation is designed to generate reactive oxygen species for water treatment, microbial control, cleaning, and sanitization. It is marketed as a safer, less corrosive, and more economical alternative to traditional biocides. Clean Chemistry provides its solutions, which can be generated on-site with modular equipment, to the energy, pulp and paper, food and beverage, and cooling tower industries. Applications include water treatment for hydraulic fracturing, water recycling, and microbial control in food processing and paper mills.

As a patent litigant, Clean Chemistry is an operating company involved in a dispute with a competitor. The company's litigation record includes one case as a plaintiff and one as a defendant, both involving Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc. This pattern suggests a direct competitor conflict rather than activity typical of a non-practicing entity. The defendant case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, a popular venue for patent litigation.

The tracked cases highlight a specific conflict over water treatment chemistry. In October 2024, Enviro Tech Chemical Services sued Clean Chemistry for patent infringement in the Western District of Texas, alleging that Clean Chemistry's PeroxyMAX product infringes on several of its patents related to methods for generating peracetic acid. In response, Clean Chemistry filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) at the USPTO's Patent Trial and Appeal Board in August 2025, challenging the validity of at least one of the Enviro Tech patents asserted in the district court case. This two-front litigation is a common strategy in disputes between actively competing technology companies.