ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,014, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyundai Transys Inc. (Chungcheongnam-Do, South Korea).

"Rear seat for vehicle" was invented by Jung Sang You (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Han Su Yoo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Guk Mu Park (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Woo Jeong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Myung Hoe Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Eun Sue Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Dae Hee Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Jae Hoon Cho (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Han Kyung Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jae Sung Shin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hae Dong Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Gwon Hwa Bok (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) a...