ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,191, issued on June 17, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Alien substance removing apparatus and electrical steel sheet manufacturing facility having thereof" was invented by Seong-Cheol Hong (Pohang-si, South Korea), Ki-Young Min (Pohang-si, South Korea), Se-Min Park (Pohang-si, South Korea), Dong-Geun Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea), Oho-Cheal Kwon (Pohang-si, South Korea), Chang-Ho Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea) and Sang-Uk Ha (Pohang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alien substance removing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a hood unit provided adjacent...