US Patent Issued to Oerlikon Surface Solutions, Pfaffikon on April 14 for "Ag- and/or Cu-containing hard coatings with antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,049, issued on April 14, was assigned to Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfaffikon (Pfaffikon, Switzerland).

"Ag- and/or Cu-containing hard coatings with antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties" was invented by Marie-Helene Lindic (Geneva), Noora Manninen (Chur, Switzerland), Canet Acikgoz Dorokin (Zurich, Switzerland) and Martin Drabik (Sargans, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substrate with a surface wherein the surface at least comprises an area which is coated with a coating having antibacterial and/or antiviral and/or antifungal properties. The coating includes an optional first layer, a second layer, and...