ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,405, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to CONTROLADORA MABE S.A. DE C.V. (Mexico City).

"Method and system for textiles disinfection in household appliance" was invented by Victor Hugo Miranda Razo (Queretaro, Mexico) and Guillermo Astorga Peralta (Queretaro, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a UVC technology-based system for disinfecting textiles comprising an ultraviolet light source comprising a power supply; a housing to contain the light source and to protect it from any impact; a control board responsible for controlling the switching on or off of the ultraviolet light source; a driving means th...