US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics, STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) on April 29 for "Methods and devices for sanitization" (French, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,534, issued on April 29, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy) and STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS (Grenoble, France).

"Methods and devices for sanitization" was invented by Roberto La Rosa (Viagrande, Italy), Jean Camiolo (St. Egreve, France) and Laurent Yvan Louis Jamet (Saint Martin d Heres, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to sanitize a surface includes an emitter. The emitter of the system to sanitize the surface includes: a light source configured to generate light at a sanitizing wavelength; a receiver configured to receive a wireless signal; and a processing circuit for the emitter...