ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,648, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to DUPRAY VENTURES INC. (Montreal).

"Air purifier with plant pot" was invented by Brent Gray (Montreal), Michel Morand (Verdun, Canada) and Guillaume Cavalie (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air purifier may have a casing defining a support to receive a substrate of a plant, an artificial plant and/or a removable pot. The casing forms a chamber, an outer wall of the casing defining one or more air inlets, and one or more air outlets. An air filter(s) is housed in the chamber. A fan os housed within the chamber. A motor is operable to drive the fan, whereby the fan is operable to draw in...