ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,141, issued on July 8, was assigned to xMEMS Labs Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Air-pulse generating device, wearable sound device, bladeless fan, and airflow producing method" was invented by Jemm Yue Liang (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and JengYaw Jiang (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air-pulse generating device, a wearable sound device, bladeless fan, and an airflow producing method are disclosed. The air-pulse generating device includes a film structure, configured to be actuated to generate a plurality of air pulses at an ultrasonic pulse rate. The plurality of air pulses produces a net airflow toward one single directio...