ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,685, issued on June 9, was assigned to SCHOTT AG (Mainz, Germany).
"Method for eradicating pathogens" was invented by Malte Grimm (Mitterteich, Germany), Rainer Eichholz (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Josef Rasp (Waldsassen, Germany), Andre Petershans (Nabburg, Germany), Klaus Megges (Weiden, Germany), Susanne Kruger (Mainz, Germany) and Thomas Pfeiffer (Ingelheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass has a transmittance at a wavelength of 220 nm of at least 30% and a transmittance at a wavelength of 200 nm of less than 4.0%, the glass having a total platinum content of less than 3.5 ppm. A device and a sterilizer include a l...