ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,932, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Recombinant microorganism including genetic modification that increases activity of nitric oxide reductase and method of reducing concentration of nitric oxide in sample by using the same" was invented by Yu Kyung Jung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Woo Yong Shim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae-Young Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seung Hoon Song (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dongsik Yang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recombinant microorganism including a genetic modification that increases activity of nitric oxide reductase...