ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,967, issued on April 15, was assigned to UCUBE LAB SA (Geneva).

"Air filter for a painting booth used for spray coating" was invented by Patrick Alain Joseph Hayoun (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) and Michel Carbonara (Attalens, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Air filter for spray coating, having: a housing designed for showing a cuboid shape, with a face forming an air inlet and an opposed face forming an air outlet; one or more accordion panels with fold lines, to be accordion folded about said fold and to be located in the housing for forming a filtering barrier; the one or more accordion panels of the filtering barrier ha...