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Window with anti-bacterial and/or anti-fungal feature and method of making same

  • US 8,092,912 B2
  • Filed: 01/13/2011
  • Issued: 01/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An anti-bacterial window including an anti-bacterial coating supported by a glass substrate, the coating comprising:

  • a layer comprising silver and/or copper;

    at least one layer comprising a metal oxide on the glass substrate over at least the layer comprising silver and/or copper; and

    wherein all layer(s) on the glass substrate over the layer comprising silver and/or copper are porous so as to permit silver and/or copper from the layer comprising silver and/or copper to migrate and/or diffuse to the outwardmost surface of the coating over time, said outermost surface of the coating also being a major surface of the window.

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