ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,080, issued on Aug. 26.

"Sensor system for a light fixture having ultraviolet sterilization functionality" was invented by John C. Higgins (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor system useable in conjunction with one or more environmental fixtures is disclosed. Each of the fixtures preferably includes illumination functionality as well as UV sterilization functionality provided by a fan and UV LED chips in the fixture. One of the fixtures is preferably programmed as a master which executes a control algorithm to control and/or monitor the system. The sensor module includes a plurality of sensors for sensing different enviro...