ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,207, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Fujian Nashida Electronic Inc. Co. (Fuzhou, China) and Nine Stars Group (U.S.A.) Inc. (Ontario, Canada).

"Sterilization and deodorization waste container" was invented by Shi Ping Wang (Ontario, Calif.), Jiangqun Chen (Fuzhou, China), Youxi Lou (Fuzhou, China) and Zhou Lin (Fuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sterilization and deodorization waste container includes an isolation chamber provided on an inner side of a container lid and a dual-band ultraviolet lamp tube installed in the isolation chamber. The dual-band ultraviolet lamp tube is capable of simultaneously generating a dire...