ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,715, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DONGGUK UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lighting diffuser plate for collecting and recycling light energy, and lighting apparatus system comprising same" was invented by Jae Joon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Ki Cheon Yoo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Hyeong Cheol Kang (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a lighting diffuser plate for collecting light energy from an artificial light source, which is provided with: (a) a photo-electrode formed on a conductive substrate or a flexible substrate and including a me...