US Patent Issued to HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE on Oct. 6 for "Launderable bactericidal and virucidal fabric finish" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,451, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY Ltd. (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

"Launderable bactericidal and virucidal fabric finish" was invented by Wing Nien Wylie O (Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Tsz Hin Yui (Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Chi Yin Leung (Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Chun Sing Leung (Hong Kong, Hong Kong) and Ka Yim Yeung (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A launderable bactericidal and virucidal fabric finish formulation. The first component is a bactericidal and virucidal agent represented by formula (I): wherein n is 7; R1, R2, and R3 are jointly or independen...