US Patent Issued to UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY on May 13 for "Computer-aided design system for airborne contaminant flows" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,351, issued on May 13, was assigned to UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Alexandria, Va.).

"Computer-aided design system for airborne contaminant flows" was invented by Mark D Ginsberg (Champaign, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a computer-aided design system that incorporates an airborne contaminant-flow calculator. In designing a new architectural structure, or modifying an existing one, the calculator informs the architect of the airflow ramifications of the design as the design is created or modified. The calculator uses a closed-form solution for calculating the airflow in ord...