US Patent Issued to HRL Laboratories on March 4 for "Fast-acting antimicrobial surfaces, and methods of making and using the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,129, issued on March 4, was assigned to HRL Laboratories LLC (Malibu, Calif.).

"Fast-acting antimicrobial surfaces, and methods of making and using the same" was invented by Adam Gross (Santa Monica, Calif.), Andrew Nowak (Los Angeles), Ashley Dustin (Santa Monica, Calif.), Jason Graetz (Calabasas, Calif.) and John Vajo (West Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antimicrobial coating is disclosed that provides fast transport rates of biocides for better effectiveness to deactivate SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses or bacteria on common surfaces. Some variations provide an antimicrobial structure comprising: a solid structural p...