US Patent Issued to THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY on March 24 for "Antimicrobial coating material for surface coating" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,118, issued on March 24, was assigned to THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Hong Kong).

"Antimicrobial coating material for surface coating" was invented by King Lun Yeung (Hong Kong), Yue Tak Lai (Hong Kong), Wei Han (Hong Kong), Ying Li (Hong Kong) and Yan Li (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The antimicrobial coating material for surface coating is formed from encapsulated biocides. The biocides include at least one antimicrobial component. The biocides are encapsulated in inorganic-organic shells which are permeable to the biocides. The organic materials may include at least one nonionic polymer. The ino...