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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
May. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Richard Pratt, Mt. Vernon, IA (US);
Thomas D. Johnson, Marion, IA (US);
Timothy Suh, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Pratt, Mt. Vernon, IA (US);
Thomas D. Johnson, Marion, IA (US);
Timothy Suh, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
PMX Industries Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21C 43/00 (2006.01); A01N 59/20 (2006.01); A01N 59/16 (2006.01); A01N 25/00 (2006.01); A61K 33/34 (2006.01); A61K 33/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.