ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,732, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to KOMATSUSEIKI KOSAKUSHO Co. LTD (Suwa, Japan).

"Metal material having biological properties" was invented by Fumie Yusa (Ikoma-City, Japan), Thomas J. Webster (Barrington, R.I.) and Takafumi Komatsu (Suwa-City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the invention relate to a metal material and product made from the metal material having biological properties, such as antibiotic properties."

The patent was filed on Sept. 27, 2019, under Application No. 17/273,807.

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