ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,445, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Lehigh Univeristy (Bethlehem, Pa.).

"System for irradiating objects with ultraviolet light" was invented by Nelson Tansu (Adelaide, Australia), Axel Y. Tansu (Adelaide, Australia), Adela Gozali Yose (Adelaide, Australia), Renbo Song (Breinigsville, Pa.), Anthony Jeffers (Macungie, Pa.), Grant Reed (Kintnersville, Pa.), Ankhitha Manjunatha (Breinigsville, Pa.), Theodore L. Bowen (Bath, Pa.), Christopher Roscher (Coopersburg, Pa.), Jay W. Johnson (Coopersburg, Pa.) and Eric Tesoriero (Nazareth, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for ultraviolet irradiation of objects and a method of usin...