ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,513, issued on June 3, was assigned to SOCLEAN INC. (Peterborough, N.H.).

"Disinfection devices and methods using the same" was invented by Robert A. Charles (New Boston, N.H.), Kurt Michael Maw (Salem, Mass.), Pete McNulty (Peterborough, N.H.) and Katja Lierhaus (Peterborough, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disinfection devices and methods of using the same are described. In embodiments the disinfection devices include a base, a lid, a sanitizing gas supply, a sanitization chamber with an exhaust port and chamber opening, and a fan. When the lid is closed the fan can operate in a first (low flow, high static pressure) flow condi...