ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,174, issued on March 17.

"Dual polar air and surface purification system and method with passenger interface application" was invented by Eric Edward Stuck (Sharpsburg, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual polar ionization system that introduces ions into passenger transports for the purpose of air and surface purification. The system includes a dual polar ionization generator. The dual polar ionization generator including a control system, a communication system, a positive ion antenna, a negative ion antenna, and a power source. The communication system transmits dual polar ionization output parameters. The system also includ...