US Patent Issued to PPG Industries Ohio on Sept. 15 for "Antimicrobial coatings" (Pennsylvania, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,580, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to PPG Industries Ohio Inc. (Cleveland).

"Antimicrobial coatings" was invented by Aneta Bogdanova Iossifova (Allison Park, Pa.), Michael Andrew Zalich (Wexford, Pa.), Darin Wiley Laird (Pittsburgh), Douglas G. Montjoy (Pittsburgh), Juliet M. Pitcher (Fishers, Ind.), David N. Walters (Allison Park, Pa.), John Burgman (Wexford, Pa.) and Justin Martin (Allison Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a coating composition comprising a film forming component, an effective amount of a copper containing glass particle and an effective amount of a color shift mitigating...