ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,332, issued on Dec. 30.

"Sanitizing light assembly and conveyor system" was invented by Frank Louis Carbone (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates generally to a sanitizing device that may comprise of an enclosure, a conveyor module, a plurality of sanitizing light sources, and possibly a sealing module. Objects that need to be sanitized may be transported or placed inside the enclosure and can be exposed to sanitizing lights from a plurality of sanitizing light sources. After the exposure to the sanitizing lights, the objects may convey out of the apparatus or go through a sealing module before exiting ...