ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,206, issued on March 24, was assigned to GROHE AG (Hemer, Germany).
"Method for coating a plumbing component" was invented by Christian Zimmermann (Hemer, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for coating a plumbing component (1), comprising at least the following steps: a) providing the plumbing component (1), wherein the plumbing component (1) has at least one liquid channel (2); and b) at least partially coating an inner surface (3) of the at least one liquid channel (2) with a coating (4), wherein the coating (4) has at least one layer (5), which comprises copper."
The patent was filed on March 3, 2022, under Applicat...