ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,333, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Haenim Co. Ltd. (Seo-Gu, South Korea).

"Ultraviolet sterilizer" was invented by Heung Bae Choi (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an ultraviolet sterilizer including a housing having an internal space configured to accommodate a sterilization target and a rack configured to support the sterilization target, the housing having an open front side through which the sterilization target and the rack are loaded into or unloaded from the internal space, and including a door configured to open or close the front side, a water receptacle configured to b...