ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,103, issued on July 29, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Malmesbury, Great Britain).

"Fan assembly with a removable filter assembly" was invented by Philip Tennison Reilly (Gloucester, Great Britain), Ben Thomas Edmonds (Swindon, Great Britain) and James Gregory Forrest (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan assembly, including a fan body including first and second retention assemblies and an inlet surface defining an air inlet. A motor-driven impeller contained within the fan body generates an airflow. A filter assembly attached to the fan body includes one or more flexible filter media, a first engagemen...