ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,334, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Disinfection system comprising an optical arrangement for a far UV light source to filter out undesired wavelengths" was invented by Ties Van Bommel (Horst, Netherlands), Joris Jan Vrehen (Waalre, Netherlands) and Anna Wilhelmina Maria De Best (Veldhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a radiation generating system comprising a radiation unit, wherein the radiation unit comprises a light source, a first collimator, and an optical arrangement, wherein: (a) the light source is configured to generate light source ra...