US Patent Issued on Aug. 5 for "Methodology for coating non-conducting articles with broad-spectrum antimicrobial electroless plating layers" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,672, issued on Aug. 5.

"Methodology for coating non-conducting articles with broad-spectrum antimicrobial electroless plating layers" was invented by Prerna Goradia (Mumbai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of coating an antimicrobial conductive metal layer on a non-conductive surface of articles with novel chemistry and methods with just a few process steps consisting of contacting the chemistries at room temperature for short durations is disclosed. The methodology is environmentally friendly, non-toxic aqueous bath of different salt compositions for providing uniform anti-microbial metal coating on the articles. The co...