US Patent Issued to LG CHEM, YONSEI UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION (UIF) on June 23 for "Antimicrobial polymer coating composition and antimicrobial polymer film" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,825, issued on June 23, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and YONSEI UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION (UIF) (Seoul, South Korea).

"Antimicrobial polymer coating composition and antimicrobial polymer film" was invented by Hyeok Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Rok Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Kang-Kyun Wang (Incheon, South Korea), Jinkyu Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Mingoo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an antimicrobial polymer coating composition comprising: a urethane acrylate-based oligomer or polymer having a molar ratio of a urethane functional ...