ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,058, issued on May 13, was assigned to Xenex Disinfection Services Inc. (San Antonio).
"Room and area disinfection utilizing pulsed light" was invented by Mark A. Stibich (Santa Fe, N.M.), Charles Dale (San Antonio), Edward C. Guerrero Jr. (San Antonio), Paul P. Froutan (Katy, Texas), Sarah E. Simmons (San Antonio) and Boris Ciorneiu (Great Falls, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Room and/or area disinfection apparatuses are provided which generate pulses of germicidal light at a frequency greater than 3 Hz and project the pulses of light exterior to the disinfection apparatuses. In some cases, the apparatus includes processor exec...