US Patent Issued to Phase Shield on July 28 for "Sterilizing cover for touchscreens comprising UV emitting source" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,190, issued on July 28, was assigned to Phase Shield LLC (Dover, Del.).

"Sterilizing cover for touchscreens comprising UV emitting source" was invented by Eric F. Bernstein (Gladwyne, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touchscreen cover comprising a top side facing the user of a touchscreen, a bottom side facing the touchscreen and at least one UV emitting device or material for emitting energy having a wavelength ranging from 100-400 nm, that is in optical communication with the top side. A method of sterilizing a touchscreen by exposing a touchscreen cover to UV radiation for a time sufficient to deactivate or kill at least one m...