ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,033, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to UV Partners Inc. (Holland, Mich.).

"System and method of disinfection" was invented by David W Baarman (Fennville, Mich.), Colin J. Moore (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Ryan D. Schamper (Grand Haven, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light fixture is provided to be disposed within a room and operable to provide visible light for the room and air disinfection via application of UV light to air flowing through an air treatment chamber. In one embodiment, one or more baffles may be disposed within the air chamber to substantially prevent UV light from leaking past the one or more baffles into the ro...