ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,688, issued on May 26, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris), CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (Paris), CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL DES ARTS ET METIERS (Paris), INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET INDUSTRIES DU VIVANT ET DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT (Paris) and INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE L'ALIMENTATION ET L'AGRICULTURE L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT (Paris).

"Process and solution for preparing a surface with bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity, surface thus prepared and uses thereof" was invented by Sarah Bernardi (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), Geraldine Carrot (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), Fanny Hauqui...