ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,443, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to GPCP IP Holdings LLC.
"Device communication for hygiene compliance" was invented by Erik Allen Cordsen (Suwanee, Ga.) and Dani Itzhak Stern (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of systems and methods to encourage compliance with hand hygiene recommendations are disclosed. A request for a cleansing agent in a cleansing agent dispenser can be received. A compliance timer can be created upon receiving the request. A subsequent request for a towel from a towel dispenser can be deemed out of compliance with hand hygiene recommendations if the request was received before expiry of the com...