ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,627, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Systems and methods for on-site pathogen detection" was invented by Kirk H. Drees (Cedarburg, Wis.), Jonathan D. Douglas (Mequon, Wis.) and Bernard P. Clement (Mequon, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pathogen detection system for a building includes multiple pathogen detectors positioned in the building at different locations. The pathogen detectors are configured to output detection data including a detected presence of a pathogen. The pathogen detection system includes processing circuitry configured to obtain the detection...