ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,340, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LEDVANCE GmbH (Garching bei Munchen, Germany).
"Lighting device for disinfecting air in an environment" was invented by Krister Bergenek (Regensburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting device for disinfecting air in an environment is provided. The lighting device comprises at least one UVC light source for generating a UVC light. The lighting device further comprises a beam-shaping element for shaping the UVC light into a UVC beam, and a beam-reflecting element for substantially completely capturing the UVC beam. The beam-reflecting element is connected downstream of the beam-sha...