ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,009, issued on June 9.

"Heated airflow and air filtration apparatus for multi-function sanitization, disinfection and sterilization" was invented by Jonathan J. Ricciardi (Dayton, Wash.) and Carl L. Ricciardi (Hobe Sound, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for the sanitization, detoxification, disinfection, high level disinfection, or sterilization of both the interior and exterior surfaces of at least one object."

The patent was filed on Feb. 5, 2024, under Application No. 18/432,274.

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