ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,790, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Freestyle Partners LLC (Troy, Mich.).

"Portable and disposable UV device" was invented by Jennifer K Rosen (Detroit), Benjamin X Feeney (Nashville, Tenn.) and Gregory D DeGrazia (Birmingham, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld portable device for sanitizing a surface or air surrounding a surface. The handheld portable device includes a body that comprises a user input and a UVC light source disposed at the body. The handheld portable device also includes a power source for providing power to the UVC light source. Responsive to actuating the user input, such as by a user holding the ...