US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on May 26 for "Room air purifier with integrated gaskets" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,602, issued on May 26, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Room air purifier with integrated gaskets" was invented by Andrew R. Fox (Oakdale, Minn.), Brian D. Gale (Blaine, Minn.), Alonso M. Hernandez (Minneapolis) and Nicolas A Echeverri (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A room air purifier including upper and lower portions. The upper and lower portions may include integrated resilient upper and lower gaskets configured so that with an air filter removably installed in the room air purifier and with the upper and lower portions attached to each other, the upper and lower portions apply pres...