ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,688, issued on April 14, was assigned to Epoch International Enterprises Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Ultraviolet light decontamination assembly" was invented by Foad Ghalili (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new UVC sterilization device for elevator buttons, which comprises of several UVC LEDs on an enclosed polymer body, equipped with an infrared sensor to provide signals when an object comes within a certain distance, along with a controller printed circuit board that drives the unit by providing a constant current for the disinfection LEDs, as well as a battery. The infrared sensor is connected with the MCU control ...