A few new patents issued for antimicrobial coating techAntimicrobial photo-stable coating composition (issued 11/4/2014):
https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=covalon&OS=covalon&RS=covalon
Method of making anti-microbial polymeric surfaces (issued 9/23/2014):
https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=covalon&OS=covalon&RS=covalon
System and method for coating medical devices (issued 6/10/2014):
https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=covalon&OS=covalon&RS=covalon
Method for treating a surface with a coating comprising a microencapsulated therapeutic agent and device with treated surface (4/15/2014):
https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=5&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=covalon&OS=covalon&RS=covalon