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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2023
Applicant:
As America, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Ki Bok Song, Plainview, NY (US);
Assignee:
AS America, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 9/00 (2006.01); A47K 17/00 (2006.01); E03D 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 9/002 (2013.01); A47K 17/00 (2013.01); E03D 13/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sanitary ware may include an ultraviolet (UV) light source configured to emit UV light to illuminate a target disinfection volume. The sanitary ware may include a controller comprising one or more processors that is electrically coupled to the UV light source. The one or more processors may be configured to cause the controller to detect that one or more activation conditions have been met and, in response to detecting that the one or more activation conditions have been met, activate the UV light source.