ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,276, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Radiant Solutions Group LLC (Cincinnati).

"Combined air purification and object sterilization apparatus and method of use" was invented by William DeCamp (Cincinnati) and Katarina DeCamp (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air purification and object sterilization apparatus includes an outer housing that defines a volume therein. The volume is divided into a fan compartment and an air purification and sterilization compartment. A fan assembly is configured to draw surrounding air into the air purification and sterilization compartment and then into the fan compartment. A sterilization...