ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,782, issued on July 22, was assigned to KAIRLASER S.R.L. (Villorba, Italy).
"Apparatus for the sterilization of ambient air by means of a laser rays filter" was invented by Francesco Zanata (Ponzano Veneto, Italy) and Serena Zacchigna (Ponzano Veneto, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for sterilizing air from any bacterium, virus, dust or other organic or non-organic body present in the air of a public or private space, using a sterilization chamber having a laser beam filter is provided. A dense network of laser beams which saturate the sterilization chamber is created. The air forced to go through the sterilization cham...