US Patent Issued to HALOMINE on Oct. 20 for "Compositions and methods for antimicrobial articles" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,553, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HALOMINE INC. (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Compositions and methods for antimicrobial articles" was invented by Mingyu Qiao (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microorganisms can contaminate a number of surfaces, such as those of consumer products. The present disclosure describes compositions and methods of manufacturing and using the same for providing biocidal activity on such surfaces. The compounds of the present invention can comprise a sample of a polymer. The polymer can comprise a repeating unit having a side chain that comprises a nitrogen-containing heterocycle. The nitrogen-containing ...