ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,767, issued on April 8, was assigned to Photon Wave Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Ultraviolet light emitting element and light emitting element package including the same" was invented by Youn Joon Sung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Seung Kyu Oh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jae Bong So (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Gil Jun Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Won Ho Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Tae Wan Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Eric Oh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Il Gyun Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jin Young Jung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment discloses an ultraviolet light emitting e...