ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,520, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SEOUL VIOSYS Co. LTD. (Ansan-si, South Korea).

"Light radiating module and sterilization apparatus comprising the same" was invented by Yuriy Bilenko (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Ki Yon Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Shi Hyun Ahn (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sterilization apparatus includes a light source unit for emitting light to a sterilization region for sterilizing a target particle, a power supply unit for supplying power to the light source unit, and a photodiode unit for sensing the light from the light source unit. The photodiode unit is driven by the ...