ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,302, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ATMENBIO LLC (Plano, Texas).
"Enhanced method for air purification" was invented by Justin L. Roberts (Oak Ridge, N.C.) and Brian Dean Owens (Plano, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, and air purification device. Air is taken in from an environment into the air purification system. The air is treated with vacuum ultraviolet radiation in a first reaction chamber to generate irradiated air. The irradiated air is treated with ultraviolet-C radiation in a secondary reaction chamber to generate purified air. The purified air is emitted back into the environment from the air purif...