ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,448, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Disinfection device" was invented by Jae Seung Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disinfection device includes at least two disinfection units movable into an unfolded position for operation thereof, the at least two disinfection units including a first disinfection unit and a second disinfection unit, and each of the disinfection units including a light source for disinfection, and a base configured to provide a moving force to the disinfection units."

The patent was filed on Nov. 30, 2022,...