ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,109, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to NCR Atleos Corp. (Atlanta).

"Media sanitizing cassette and method of operation" was invented by Ian McFarlane Denny (Perth, Great Britain), Stephen Anderson (Perthshire, Great Britain), Grant A. McNicoll (Carnoustie, Great Britain) and Graeme Smith (Dundee, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valuable media sanitizing/cleansing cassette is provided for sanitizing/cleansing surfaces of valuable media dispensed to a consumer during a dispense transaction at a transaction terminal. Dispensed media is urged from one or more media cassettes within the terminal along a transport path. The ...