ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,667, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).

"Tile cleaning system and associated method" was invented by Alexander Samoylov (Atlanta) and Francisco Valdes Catillo (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tile cleaning systems and associated methods are disclosed. The tile cleaning system can include a plurality of tiles and a plurality of movers. The movers can move the tiles along a floor in a circuit while the plurality of tiles directly contact the floor. The tile cleaning system can include a cleaner they can clean the tiles in the circuit."

The patent was filed on March 6, 2024, under Applicati...