ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,747, issued on April 29, was assigned to Agency for Defense Development (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Reactive fibers, method of manufacturing the same, and outer shell of chemical, biological and radiological protective clothing including the same" was invented by Hyun Sook Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Kun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Seong On Jang (Daejeon, South Korea), Jun O Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hee Soo Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactive fiber, a method of manufacturing the reactive fiber, and an outer shell of chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) protective clothing including the r...