ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,489, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to TEMASEK LIFE SCIENCES LABORATORY Ltd. (Singapore).

"Exposed electrode negative air ion device with fibrous mat surface mountable in an exposed environment" was invented by Kheng Nam Lee (Singapore), Sharvin Kumar S/O N Arjunan (Singapore), Swain Stephen (Singapore) and Hean Chuan Fong (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exposed electrode negative air ion device, either stand-alone or mounted in an exposed environment 56 as part of a negative air ion panel system 50. Each device comprises: (a) an electronics module 22, the electronics module 22 including a negative voltage generator 22B; ...