ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,825, issued on March 24, was assigned to KIDDE FIRE PROTECTION LLC (Bradenton, Fla.).

"Aspirating pathogen detection system" was invented by Pere Moix Olive (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspirating detection system for monitoring for the presence of a pathogen, the aspirating detection system including: a network of one or more pipes for sampling air from a plurality of locations monitored by the aspirating detection system; a sensor unit 3 comprising a housing 13 fluidly connected to the network of one or more pipes, and a biosensor 12 mounted within the housing, the biosensor being configured to monitor for t...