ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,532, issued on April 15, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Thermoelectric device" was invented by Un Hak Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoelectric device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a fluid flow part including one surface and the other surface spaced apart from the one surface in a first direction; a first thermoelectric element arranged on one surface of the fluid flow part; and a second thermoelectric element arranged on the other surface of the fluid flow part. A first groove overlapping the first thermoelectric element in the first direction ...