ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,639, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Anram Holdings (Oakville, Canada).

"Directional ultraviolet projection devices and related methods of use" was invented by Jose Miguel Barrios Sierra (Toronto), Prashant Vijayrao Mane (Oakville, Canada), Romil Hitenbhai Dalvadi (Brampton, Canada) and Bhavana Alangekar (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and a method for projecting UV light towards surfaces across a path. The apparatus includes a mobile body and including opposing lateral sides and a sagittal plane passing between them. The apparatus also includes a proje...