ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,379, issued on April 7, was assigned to Kuprion Inc. (Waterbury, Conn.).
"Articles coated with metal nanoparticle agglomerates" was invented by Alfred A. Zinn (Palo Alto, Calif.), Rachel Brody (Garden Valley, Calif.), Randall M. Stoltenberg (Palo Alto, Calif.), Robert Roth (San Jose, Calif.), Khanh Nguyen (San Jose, Calif.) and Nhi Ngo (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Metal nanoparticle agglomerates may render the surface of an article biocidal toward microorganisms. Articles having a biocidal surface may comprise a coating comprising metal nanoparticle agglomerates adhered via an adhesive to at least a portion of a s...