ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,017, issued on April 29, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF CERAMIC ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Jinju-si, South Korea).

"Collection apparatus for collecting particulate matter generated in brake system of transport facility" was invented by Kwang Taek Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Ho Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Junghun Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea) and Cheongsoo Choi (Changwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a collection apparatus for collecting particulate matter generated due to friction between a rotor and a brake pad in a brake system of a transport facility, the collection apparatus ...