ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,301, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Methods and systems for sterilization" was invented by Philip Shodder (East Greenbush, N.Y.), Dustin Blodgett (Altamont, N.Y.) and Dakota Bolt (Tewksbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for the application of vaporized chemicals in sterilization procedures, and systems and methods for controlling (e.g., distributing, moving, or exhausting) such chemicals. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure may relate to systems and methods for effecting terminal steriliz...