ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,019, issued on July 14, was assigned to DG Technologies LLC (Ooltewah, Tenn.).

"Shoe disinfecting device" was invented by Dillon George (Ooltewah, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe disinfecting device of the present disclosure may comprise a base, an interior compartment configured to hold a liquid disinfecting solution, at least one shoe wiping assembly including a tray and at least one absorbent pad, a first sensor configured to generate output signals representing a liquid content level of the tray, and a controller. The tray may include a recess having at least one channel defined therein. The controller may include a l...