ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,178, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).

"Systems and methods of verifying effective motion of a wand assembly of an ultraviolet (UV) light sanitizing system" was invented by Jamie J. Childress (Mercer Island, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method include a wand assembly including a sanitizing head having an ultraviolet (UV) lamp configured to emit UV light to sanitize a surface of a component. The wand assembly further includes a first monitored member. The system also includes a second monitored member. A verification control unit is in communication with the first monitored member and ...