ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,815, issued on June 17, was assigned to AMI Industries Inc. (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

"Method and apparatus for disinfecting a vehicle interior" was invented by Mark R. Gurvich (Middletown, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods and apparatus for disinfecting an interior space in a vehicle such as an aircraft. A method includes determining critical levels of heated air in the interior space of the vehicle required to neutralize effects of at least one predetermined pathogen, providing an apparatus for supplying heated air and positioning the apparatus in the interior space, activating the apparatus to supply the ...