US Patent Issued to MICROBAN PRODUCTS on Sept. 29 for "Antimicrobial bottle with antimicrobial seal" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,085, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to MICROBAN PRODUCTS COMPANY (Huntersville, N.C.).

"Antimicrobial bottle with antimicrobial seal" was invented by Jonathan Robert Clapp (Leicestershire, Great Britain), Ivan Wei Kange Ong (Charlotte, N.C.) and Glenner Marie Richards (Davidson, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottle having an antimicrobial property is provided. The bottle has one or more components including a body, a cap, a seal, and a locking ring. One or more of the components of the bottle are treated with an antimicrobial agent or comprise an antimicrobial agent. The antimicrobial is a silver based antimicrobial, a sil...