ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,550, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MICROJET TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Method for detecting, locating and completely cleaning indoor microorganism" was invented by Hao-Jan Mou (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chin-Chuan Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yung-Lung Han (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chi-Feng Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting, locating and completely cleaning indoor microorganism is disclosed. At least one gas pump is widely disposed in an indoor space to provide an airflow to inhale air thereinto at any time, and collect at least one microorganism contained in the air at any time. The airflow ...