ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,517, issued on March 11, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and SEOYON AUTOVISION Co. Ltd. (Dangjin-si, South Korea).

"Real wood sheet capable of being used for automatic wrapping and method of manufacturing real wood sheet" was invented by Ik Keun Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Min Kyeong Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Ho Lee (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Ji Seung Hong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jong Jin Lee (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A real wood sheet capable of being used for automatic wrapping, the real wood sheet including a wood layer; a mesh layer disposed on a surface of ...