ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,057, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (South Korea).

"Wind turbine blade with lightning protection receptor" was invented by Jeong Min Woo (Changwon-si, South Korea), Sung Man Kang (Changwon-si, South Korea), Mun No Ju (Changwon-si, South Korea), Jae Bok Lee (Changwon-si, South Korea), Kyoung Joo Lee (Changwon-si, South Korea), Yu Min Kim (Changwon-si, South Korea), Ho Dong Kim (Changwon-si, South Korea), Kwae Hyup Nor (Changwon-si, South Korea) and Sang Jin Kim (Changwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a wind turbine blade with a lightning protection receptor. T...