ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,071, issued on May 27, was assigned to Bgkin Global LLC (Redondo Beach, Calif.).

"Cash sanitization or sterlization device" was invented by Ian Pawlowski (Gardena, Calif.) and Tristen Rivera (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cash sterilization device, includes a sterilization device case, the sterilization device case having an opening on one side and a cap assembly; an internal sterilization assembly, the internal sterilization device including an opening, wherein the internal sterilization is inserted into the opening of the sterilization device case, the cap assembly is attached to cover the internal sterilization with...