US Patent Issued to Flex on March 25 for "Antimicrobial metallized thin films for refurbishing communal contact surfaces" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,502, issued on March 25, was assigned to Flex Ltd. (Singapore).

"Antimicrobial metallized thin films for refurbishing communal contact surfaces" was invented by Bruce D. Olson (Northfield, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antimicrobial metallized thin film is provided that can be quickly and easily attached to surfaces of objects. This film includes a polymer substrate onto which a metallized layer is formed. The metallized layer comprises an exposed antimicrobial metal physical contact surface. Ions from this physical contact surface destroy the viral coating and ribonucleic acid of contacting viruses rendering the viruses i...