US Patent Issued on Sept. 9 for "Refrigerator to reduce the deterioration rate of stored items using plasma and photocatalyst" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,410, issued on Sept. 9.

"Refrigerator to reduce the deterioration rate of stored items using plasma and photocatalyst" was invented by Sang Dae Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sim Won Yuk (Jeonju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a refrigerator designed to reduce the deterioration rate of stored items, such as food, fruits, vegetables, meat, flowers, and plants, within the storage compartment using plasma and a photocatalyst. Specifically, the invention performs filtering with a photocatalyst and plasma sterilization on the air in the storage compartment to decompose ethylene gas and oth...