ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,244, issued on May 12, was assigned to Microlin LLC (Salt Lake City).

"Flameless energizer for treatment agent" was invented by Ashok V. Joshi (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energized assembly to enhance efficacy of a treatment agent in a local environment. The assembly includes an emanator or holder element to hold treatment agent, and a flameless energizing source to energize the treatment agent and thereby, place the treatment agent into an enhanced operational state. Preferred embodiments operate for a period of time of between about 4 and 8 hours, and can then be discarded. Typically, a housing associates the t...