ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,694, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Radical Clean Solutions Ltd. (Long Beach, N.Y.).

"Proactive air/surface decontamination system and devices for portable room sized hydroxyl generators" was invented by Roger Slotkin (Long Beach, N.Y.) and Ralph T. Kubitzki (Plantation, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable air purifier includes: a housing, partition wall, a baffle, air blower, and hydroxyl generator. The housing has an air inlet and air outlet. The partition wall extends downwardly from a top wall forming first and second vertical chambers. The baffle extends from a first side wall to the partition wall separating the ...