ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,084, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Coating-free antimicrobial stainless steel surfaces" was invented by Jin Hu (Hudson, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a stainless steel component, the method including texturizing a stainless steel substrate by bead blasting to provide a texturized stainless steel. The stainless steel substrate includes grade 316 austenitic stainless steel. The method also includes treating the texturized stainless steel with a passivation solution to provide a passivated stainless steel. The method further includes treating the pass...