ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,799, issued on April 8, was assigned to IATRIXAIR INC. (Temecula, Calif.).

"Device containing air detection, filtering, disinfecting and conditioning elements with display" was invented by Joseph Marc McConnaughey (Temecula, Calif.), Zuoyu Shi (San Ramon, Calif.), Chang Chia Jung (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Stephens A. Hutchcraft III (Alamo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a device for purifying or disinfecting contaminated air in an environment comprising a filter stack comprising a HEPA filter coated with a nanopolymer configured to puncture virus particles, a light chamber comprising UVC light source and an ion gen...