ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,857, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Pilkington Technology Management Ltd. (Oban, Great Britain).
"Antimicrobial coating" was invented by Rory Back (Liverpool, Great Britain), Simon Paul Oliver (Chester, Great Britain), Luz Romero (Liverpool, Great Britain), Simon Jeffreys (Liverpool, Great Britain) and Andrew Oliver Smith (St. Helens, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for producing an antimicrobial coating on a glass substrate, an antimicrobial coated glass substrate prepared by the process and use thereof, the process comprising the steps of: i) providing a glass substrate havi...