ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,629, issued on March 18, was assigned to KISMET TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Orlando, Fla.).
"Electronic device with self-disinfecting touch screen and method of manufacture" was invented by Christina H. Drake (Winter Park, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch screen display that includes a touch screen user interface having a plurality of layers that includes a top surface layer. The display includes a coating composition coating the top surface layer. The coating composition includes metal-modified cerium oxide nanoparticles (mCNPs) having a predominantly 3+ cerium surface charge and in a range of about 3-30 nm in size and in an amou...