ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,372, issued on April 21, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Malmesbury, Great Britain).

"Air treatment apparatus" was invented by Samuel Thomas Railton (Bristol, Great Britain), Jack Cyril Biltcliffe (Bristol, Great Britain), Jason Ryan King (Bristol, Great Britain), Richard Thomas Coomber (Bristol, Great Britain), Steven Eduard Peet (Bristol, Great Britain) and Akinlara Oladapo Akinjogbin (Essex, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an air treatment apparatus comprising an air flow generator arranged to generate an air flow, a moisture source arranged to introduce water vapour into the air flow, a body that ...