ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,789, issued on April 8, was assigned to Knoll Inc. (East Greenville, Pa.).
"Work space disinfection apparatus and method" was invented by Roger Wall (Getzville, N.Y.), Joe Carere (Getzville, N.Y.) and Carl Magnusson (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disinfection devices positionable to disinfect work spaces within an office of an office building or other work area can be configured or incorporated into a lighting device, ceiling mounted device, baffle, furniture, or other type of disinfection device. Embodiments can be configured to utilize UVC-222 light or other UVC light to disinfect the work area. In some embodiments, the d...