ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,117, issued on March 11.
"Air purification devices and systems" was invented by Uday Singh (Bloomfield, N.J.), Steven Pirovolikos (Hempstead, N.Y.), Gary DiPaolo (East Rockaway, N.Y.) and Juan Bernal (Clifton, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitizer system, comprising: a housing having an air intake end and an air outflow end; a fan disposed at the air outflow end; a cap disposed at the air intake end, the cap being coupled to an edge of the housing, the cap being spaced apart from the housing so that an intake port is formed between the cap and the housing; and an ultraviolet (UV) lamp disposed within the housing, the UV la...