ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,193, issued on June 16, was assigned to Chorus LLC (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Systems, methods, and apparatuses for disinfection and decontamination" was invented by Richard S. Rader (Wayland, Mass.), Kenneth J. Heater (Delaware, Ohio), Raymond DeSabato (Southborough, Mass.), Daniel P. Lorch (London, Ohio), Adriane L. Lewis (Columbus, Ohio) and Timothy N. Wells (Manchester, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a system for generating and monitoring an antimicrobial is provided, the system including: a microprocessor and/or a microcontroller; an external communications device; a computational system; an antimicrobial sensor...