ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,008, issued on May 27, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Plastic composite material panel and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Minsoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jung Jong Chun (Seoul, South Korea), Chulhee Heo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seokju Gim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Joonghyun Shin (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Woojin Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hyuncheol Yun (Seoul, South Korea), Hyunyi Kwon (Ulsan, South Korea), Sea Cheoul Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heedae Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jai Hak Kim (Gunpo-si, South Korea) and Won Ki Song (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* rel...