ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,610, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Composite glass composition for washing and cleaning and method for producing composite glass powder using the same" was invented by Jingon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Young Seok Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Namjin Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a composite glass composition for washing and cleaning and a method for producing composite glass powder using the same, in which a silicate-based glass composition containing an alkali oxide for activating water into alkaline water and a bleaching agent having bleaching pe...