US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on May 20 for "Contextual personal protective equipment" (Canadian, American, Kenyan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,962, issued on May 20, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Contextual personal protective equipment" was invented by Aisha Walcott (Nairobi, Kenya), Michael S. Gordon (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) and Komminist Weldemariam (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A face mask and a method for fabricating a face mask. The face mask may comprise an air permeable membrane having an exterior surface and an interior surface, and a thermometer affixed to the exterior surface of the air permeable membrane. The air permeable membrane may be adapted to overlay a wearer's mouth and nose. The thermometer may be adapte...