ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,546, issued on June 10.

"Hand drying system" was invented by Saman Ahmadi (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand drying system includes a drying chamber, a drain assembly, an intake assembly, and an exhaust assembly. The drying chamber defines an opening that is sized to receive hands of a user into the drying chamber. The drain assembly is connected to a chamber drain and is configured to drain fluids from within the drying chamber. The intake assembly has an intake conduit and a blower fan. The blower fan is configured to draw air into the intake conduit through an intake inlet and flow the drawn air into the drying chamber...