US Patent Issued to Mol Betting Systems on Aug. 19 for "Antimicrobial checkstand conveyor belt and method of making and maintaining same and engaging shoppers using the checkstand conveyor belt as an advertising platform" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,485, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Mol Betting Systems Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Antimicrobial checkstand conveyor belt and method of making and maintaining same and engaging shoppers using the checkstand conveyor belt as an advertising platform" was invented by Edward Timothy Mol (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and David E. Hathaway (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layered polymeric checkstand conveyor belt of the type used in grocery stores that is printed to display advertising information to engage the shopper at the point of sale and coated with a durable and impervious antimicrobial-containing surface c...