US Patent Issued to University of Kentucky Research Foundation on May 12 for "Antiviral mask and antiviral filter made from a breathable microporous polymeric membrane" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,474, issued on May 12, was assigned to University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Ky.).

"Antiviral mask and antiviral filter made from a breathable microporous polymeric membrane" was invented by Dibakar Bhattacharyya (Lexington, Ky.), J. Todd Hastings (Lexington, Ky.), Thomas D. Dziubla (Lexington, Ky.), Yinan Wei (Lexington, Ky.), Rollie Mills (Lexington, Ky.), R.J. Vogler (Lexington, Ky.), Matthew Bernard (Lexington, Ky.), Jacob Concolino (Lexington, Ky.) and Kevin C. Baldridge (Lexington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antiviral mask and antiviral filter include a thin breathable, microporous polymeric membrane....