ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,298, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Plasma processing device" was invented by Sejin Oh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Youngdo Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sanghun Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sungyeol Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sangki Nam (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Taemin Earmme (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Changyun Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Seongmoon Ha (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plasma generator may include a dielectric tube, an inner helical coil surrounding the dielectric tube and configured to generate plasma by forming a stat...