ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,053, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Bladeless fans with a nozzle" was invented by Jason Daniel (Needham, Mass.), Alireza Hooshanginejad (Medway, Mass.), Scott James Stewart (Boston), Rajiv Mistry (Durham, Great Britain), James Potter (London), Steven Luke Bailey (Lancashire, Great Britain), Steven Godden (Woking, Great Britain), Matthew Roberts (Medfield, Mass.) and Samuel Benjamin Baldry (Northamptonshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bladeless fan is provided. In one embodiment, a bladeless fan is provided having a base, a support arm extending from the base, and a f...