ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,720, issued on April 29, was assigned to THE PRIME SOLUTION LLC (Seoul, South Korea).

"Non-thermal plasma-based exhaust gas particulate matter reduction apparatus for preventing arcing phenomenon" was invented by Chang Soo Son (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Sun Yang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a nonthermal plasma-based exhaust gas particulate matter reduction apparatus for preventing an arcing phenomenon, the apparatus comprising: a chamber which is a tubular body having exhaust gas flowing therein and is connected to a ground power supply; a power supply device which is disposed outside the cha...