ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,148, issued on March 17, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Ceramic composition comprising antimicrobial glass composition" was invented by Wongyu Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Daesung Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Young Seok Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic composition includes an antimicrobial glass composition that includes components harmless to the human body and maintains an antimicrobial function semi-permanently. Specifically, the ceramic composition includes a novel antimicrobial glass composition that includes a glass former SiO2 as a main component, and ZnO and SnO as an...