ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,200, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Cleanuvator Patentgesellschaft (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Radiation-field-assisted hybrid object-supply system" was invented by Lutz Rothe (Hummelshain, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The content of the invention consists in the concept of an intelligent object/room supply and disinfection system which is harmless to health and the mode of action of which is based on the use of electromagnetic waves of the UV spectral range both for the generation of the bacterial and viral disinfection potential and for the transmission of audio, video and data information. The invention is directed t...