ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,790, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Moplat Inc. (Busan, South Korea).

"Lighting apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Tae Woong Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The lighting apparatus may include a body made of a flexible material and having a predetermined grid pattern on an outer surface, a light emitting unit including a plurality of light emitting devices installed along the grid pattern, and a control unit to generate a signal related to operation of the light emitting devices, wherein the light emitting unit is disposed at a front part of the vehicle, and...