ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,299, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC (Houston).
"Antimicrobial/antiviral conveyor belt" was invented by Vikram Gopal (Houston), Dhruv Shah (Houston), Changizes Sadr (Houston), Austin Maples (Houston) and Bradley Sparks (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antimicrobial conveyor belt apparatus comprising multiple segments each having a body portion and interlocking fingers extending from the body portion. The segments comprise a polymer composition comprising from 50 wt. % to 99.9 wt. % of a polymer, from 0.01 wt % to 10 wt % zinc, optionally from a zinc compound, less than 1 wt % o...