US Patent Issued to GRAPHENE COMPOSITES on Feb. 17 for "Viral active and/or anti-microbial inks and coatings" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,903, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GRAPHENE COMPOSITES Ltd. (Stockton-on-Tees, Great Britain).

"Viral active and/or anti-microbial inks and coatings" was invented by Sandy Winthrop Chen (Balcombe, Great Britain) and Stephen Devine (Hebburn, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink comprises (i) a carrier; (ii) graphene and/or graphene oxide particles dispersed in the carrier; and (iii) a viral active and/or anti-microbial component adhered to the graphene and/or graphene oxide particles."

The patent was filed on Nov. 3, 2020, under Application No. 17/088,319.

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