ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,084, issued on May 27, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Sseoul, South Korea).

"Plasma sterilization module and air purifier having same" was invented by Jihye Ahn (Seoul, South Korea), Sujin Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Chulwoo Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jaesoo Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Ilna Son (Seoul, South Korea) and Bongjo Sung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a plasma sterilization module, comprising: a housing which is disposed on a flow path through which air flows, and having a first surface through which the air is introduced and a second surface, opposite to the first sur...