US Patent Issued to AirTulip on Jan. 27 for "Apparatus, system, and method for preventing spread of air-borne contaminants" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,235, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to AirTulip Inc. (New York).

"Apparatus, system, and method for preventing spread of air-borne contaminants" was invented by Arjen de Jong (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for preventing the spread of air-borne contaminants in a defined space. The apparatus comprises an air flow outlet adjacent to or within the defined space, an air flow inlet adjacent to or within the defined space, and a conduit for transporting air from the air flow inlet to the air flow outlet. An air treatment module is provided within or adjacent the conduit for extracting air-borne contamina...