ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,870, issued on April 14, was assigned to NanoXplore Inc. (Montreal).

"Non-oxidized graphene-based anti-viral coating" was invented by Nima Moghimian (Saint Laurent, Canada) and Soroush Nazarpour (Saint Therese, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein relate to non-oxidized graphene-based anti-viral surfaces, and methods of producing the same. In some embodiments, a method of forming an anti-viral surface can include mixing a non-oxidized edge-functionalized graphene with a catalyst and a thermoset material to form a mixture, applying a high-shear mixing process to the mixture to form a mixed liquid, and co...