US Patent Issued to Overhead Door on June 3 for "Manual and automatic disinfecting door system and method" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,147, issued on June 3, was assigned to Overhead Door Corp. (Lewisville, Texas).

"Manual and automatic disinfecting door system and method" was invented by Paul F. McGowan Jr. (Corpus Christi, Texas) and Federico Romero (Corpus Christi, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self disinfecting door system and method is described, including: a door, and an ultraviolet (UV) light in the proximity of the door and configured to shine at at least a portion of the door when activated. The UV light may be directed at the door to the exclusion of other portions of the surrounding environment. The UV light is mounted on the wall or floor proxima...