ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,527, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to B/E Aerospace (Winston Salem, N.C.).
"Microbicidal coatings with color change" was invented by Bipul Saha (Kolkata, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method comprises receiving touch contact from a user on a surface and disinfecting the surface after the user breaks contact with the surface. The method includes changing color of the surface after the user breaks contact with the surface from a first color to a second color as a visible indicator that the surface has been recently touched. Further, the method includes changing the color of the surface from the second color back to the first...