ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,056, issued on May 13, was assigned to Rememdia LC (Salt Lake City).

"System, method, and device for facilitating effective decontamination as part of a decontamination event" was invented by Fraser M. Smith (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for assessing the effectiveness of a decontamination event to decontaminate a portion of at least one of skin or a covering of the skin of an individual. A dispensing apparatus is attachable to a water dispenser via a water dispenser interface. The dispensing apparatus to house an agent dispensing system and a light source. The light source to emit light in accord...