ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,974, issued on April 22, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Air quality and particulate detection system" was invented by Raul Perez Lopez (Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air quality and particulate detection system comprising: an air quality and particulate detector comprising a particulate detection chamber in fluid communication via an orifice with an adjacent air quality member, the particulate detection chamber comprising a blower adjacent to a particle filter and a laser source, and the air quality member comprising a channel having substantially parallel sides for operabl...