	US 12,270,127 B2
	Antibacterial and antiviral fabrics
Gang Sun, Davis, CA (US); and Peixin Tang, Davis, CA (US)
Assigned to The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/498,975.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/104,702, filed on Oct. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/091,813, filed on Oct. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0112629 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. D01F 1/10 (2006.01)

CPC D01F 1/103 (2013.01) [D01F 1/106 (2013.01); D10B 2201/02 (2013.01); D10B 2401/13 (2013.01)]

10 Claims

1. An antimicrobial fiber, the antimicrobial fiber comprising: a cationic or polycationic moiety grafted onto a fiber containing a nucleophilic functional group which is a member selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl, an amino and a pyridyl group; and an anionic photosensitizer.