ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,261, issued on April 15, was assigned to EOS Surfaces LLC.
"Antimicrobial solid surfaces and treatments and processes for preparing the same" was invented by Kenneth Gauthier Trinder II (Norfolk, Va.) and Vikram Kanmukhla (Henrico, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an antimicrobial non-isotactic polymer based hard or semi-flexible surface in a thermoset and/or thermoplastic resin matrix wherein the active antimicrobial ingredient is copper oxide. Processes for preparing the same and applications thereof are also described."
The patent was filed on Dec. 30, 2021, under Application No. 17/566,023.
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