US Patent Issued to KOMATSUSEIKI KOSAKUSHO on Aug. 5 for "Metal material and articles made therefrom having biological properties" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,650, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KOMATSUSEIKI KOSAKUSHO Co. LTD (Nagano, Japan).

"Metal material and articles made therefrom having biological properties" was invented by Fumie Yusa (Ikoma, Japan), Thomas J. Webster (Barrington, R.I.) and Takafumi Komatsu (Suwa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relate to a metal material and article made from the metal material having biological properties, such as antibiotic properties, including a stainless steel metal material comprising a homogeneous crystal grain nanostructure and having an average crystal grain size from 0.1 to 3 micro metre configured (i) to inhibit adhe...