US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on June 24 for "Devices for disinfecting a surface using ultraviolet light" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,070, issued on June 24, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Keyport, Wash.).

"Devices for disinfecting a surface using ultraviolet light" was invented by Christopher S. Doyle (Bremerton, Wash.), Branden L. Doyle (Gig Harbor, Wash.) and Wilson H. Davenport (Port Orchard, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for disinfecting a surface. The device including a frame; a power source connected to the frame; an ultraviolet light emitting array of light emitting diodes connected to the frame and electrically connected to the power source; and a beam forming reflector c...