ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,108, issued on April 29, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Malmesbury, Great Britain).

"Fan assembly" was invented by David John Shorter (Swindon, Great Britain), Liam Craig Barclay (Bristol, Great Britain), Mark Douglas Whiting (Bristol, Great Britain), Victoria Isabelle Palmer (Gloucester, Great Britain), Jonathan Edward Clear (Bath, Great Britain), Edward Michael Waugh (Swindon, Great Britain), Daniel James Beavis (Bristol, Great Britain), Thomas Sideropoulos (Bristol, Great Britain) and James Benjamin Brooks (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a fan assembly comprising a motor-driven impel...