ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,261, issued on April 1, was assigned to CONAIR LLC (Stamford, Conn.).

"UV sanitizing light module and container system" was invented by Sophia Wojczak (Harrison, N.Y.), Paul James Carrubba (Baldwin, N.Y.) and Daniel Bishop (Monroe, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitizing module includes a housing having an open end, and at least one ultraviolet light emitting element within the housing and being configured to emit ultraviolet light out of the housing through the open end. The housing is configured for removable connection to a container having an interior receiving space such that connection of the housing to the container ...