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Methods of maintaining and using a high concentration of dissolved copper on the surface of a useful article

US8522585B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 2007
Grant dateSep 3, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12993
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for maintaining and using a high concentration of dissolved copper on a surface of a useful article by providing a copper surface without coatings thereon which increase the wetting angle and which isolate the copper surface and which has a surface roughness between 2 and 50 micro inches Ra, so as to kill microbes thereon.

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