ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,081, issued on July 15, was assigned to LS CABLE & SYSTEM LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Ultra-high voltage direct current power cable" was invented by Hyun Jung Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Ho Nam (Seoul, South Korea), Jung Suk Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yi Seul Yang (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Min Sang Cho (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Ik Heo (Gunpo-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultra-high voltage direct current (DS) power cable may be provided via a conductor formed by twisting a plurality of strands, an inner semiconducting layer surrounding the conductor, an insulating layer surrounding the inner semiconduc...