US Patent Issued to Microban Products on Aug. 5 for "Method of treating a glazed ceramic article" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,593, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Microban Products Co. (Huntersville, N.C.).

"Method of treating a glazed ceramic article" was invented by Nathan Lee Fields (Concord, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating a glazed ceramic article comprises applying an antimicrobial composition on top of an outermost surface of a glazed ceramic article. The antimicrobial composition comprises an antimicrobial additive. The antimicrobial composition further comprises a carrier medium. The antimicrobial additive is selected from the group consisting of Bi2O3, ZnO, Ag2CO3, Ag2O, Zn, Bi, Ag, and a combination thereof."

The patent ...