ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,850, issued on May 12, was assigned to ETI SOLID STATE LIGHTING INC. (Flowery Branch, Ga.).
"UVC sterilization and lighting device" was invented by Donglei Wang (Flowery Branch, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lighting device that provides, in addition to effective LED illumination, controlled UVC treatment of an airflow that provides sterilization of the air without endangering those using the illumination or damaging the environment being illuminated. Some embodiments include variable light and sterilization control, with variables being timing, intensity and light color, for example."
The patent was filed on July 1, 2022, under...