ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,492, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to UD Innovations LLC (Sullivan's Island, S.C.).

"Fixed position hybrid germicidal irradiation apparatus, method, and system" was invented by Philip J. Ufkes (Sullivan's Island, S.C.) and Jeffery L Deal (Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid germicidal irradiation apparatus, method, and system for multi-band germicidal irradiation. A first emitter, a second emitter and a third emitter may be coupled to a housing configured to be coupled to a ceiling of an interior room. The first emitter, the second emitter and the third emitter may respectively be operable to emit UV-C radiatio...