ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,077, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TPA IMPEX S.P.A. (Romano d'Ezzelino, Italy).

"Anti-bacterial cleaning machine with wet filter" was invented by Luigi Amoretti (Mussolente, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antibacterial cleaning machine with wet filter includes a container body inside which are disposed at least one motor group for aspirating flows of air and debris from outside; at least one first tank for collecting the debris which contains a first volume of filtering liquid which is arranged along the passage path between the inlet and outlet; at least one internal path of the flows of air and debris that includes an...