ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,777, issued on July 8, was assigned to DAEEUN GLOBAL SOLUTION Co. LTD. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Ceramic ball having detergent function and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Kyung Sub Shin (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a ceramic ball having a detergent function and a method for manufacturing a ceramic ball, which can improve washing capacity since the ceramic ball is molded such that the surface area coming into contact with water gets wider, and can improve production efficiency and reduce the manufacturing cost since it is possible to manufacture ceramic balls contin...