ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,959, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (Safat, Kuwait).
"Polymeric anti-microbial film" was invented by Sultan Al Salem (Safat, Kuwait), Fadhilah Al Salameen (Safat, Kuwait) and M. Sherif El-Eskandarany (Cairo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nano-coated polymeric antimicrobial film including a polymer and a metallic glassy powder coating on the polymer. The polymer includes a polymeric material selected from a virgin linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), a plastic solid waste (PSW), and a bio-based plastic. The metallic glassy powder is selected from the group consisting of Cu53.3Zr25.5Nb...