ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,870, issued on June 17, was assigned to Zeteo Tech Inc. (Sykesville, Md.).

"Mobile systems for microwave assisted surface decontamination and decontamination methods" was invented by Thomas McCreery (Sykesville, Md.), Wayne A. Bryden (Sykesville, Md.) and Emily Caton (Sykesville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mobile decontamination systems and microwave assisted decontamination methods for decontaminating a variety of contaminated surfaces disposed external to the system. The systems and methods include treating the surfaces with benign chemical formulations followed by exposing to microwave irradiation for short periods of time...