US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Oct. 21 for "Antibacterial glass composition and manufacturing method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,585, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Antibacterial glass composition and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Namjin Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Young Seok Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an antibacterial glass composition and a manufacturing method thereof. The antibacterial glass composition according to the present disclosure comprises: 20-45 wt % of SiO2; 1-30 wt % of B2O3; 10-30 wt % of ZnO; 5-25 wt % of one or more of Na2O, K2O and Li2O; 0.1-10 wt % of one or more of Al2O3 and TiO2; 0.1-5 wt % of NaF; and 1-10 wt % o...