US Patent Issued to Global Graphene Group on July 15 for "Graphitic antiviral filtration element and filtration devices containing same" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,043, issued on July 15, was assigned to Global Graphene Group Inc. (Dayton, Ohio).

"Graphitic antiviral filtration element and filtration devices containing same" was invented by Aruna Zhamu (Springboro, Ohio) and Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is filtration member for use in a filtration device, said filtration member comprising a layer of woven or nonwoven fabric having two primary surfaces and a layer of chemically functionalized graphite flakes deposited on at least one of the two primary surfaces or embedded in the layer of woven or nonwoven fabric, wherein said graphite flakes comprise ch...