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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2019
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Joydeep Lahiri, Corning, NY (US);
Jeffrey Glenn Lynn, Wellsboro, PA (US);
Florence Christine Monique Verrier, Corning, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Aspects of this disclosure pertain to a colorless material that includes a carrier, copper-containing particles, and either one or both of sodium thiocyanate and titanium dioxide. In one or more embodiments, the material exhibits, in the CIE L*a*b* system, an L* value in the range from about 91 to about 100, and a C* value of less than about 7, wherein C* equals √(a*+b*). In some embodiments, the material exhibits a greater than 3 log reduction in a concentration of, under the EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy as a Sanitizer testing conditions.