ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,277, issued on July 29, was assigned to SEOUL VIOSYS Co. LTD. (Ansan-si, South Korea).

"LED lighting apparatus having sterilizing function" was invented by Hee Ho Bae (Ansan-si, South Korea), A Young Lee (Ansan-si, South Korea) and Yeong Min Yoon (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting apparatus including a first light emitter including at least one first light emitting diode and a wavelength converter, and a second light emitter including at least one second light emitting diode, in which the first light emitting diode emits light having a central wavelength in a range of violet or blue, the second lig...