ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,723, issued on June 24, was assigned to UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea).

"Ion thermoelectric elastomer and thermoelectric element including same" was invented by Cheol Min Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae Hyun Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an ion thermoelectric elastomer, which exhibit excellent thermal and air stability as well as excellent mechanical properties even under tensile stretching by adjusting poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA), 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate (2-HEA), and an ion conductive dopant to a certain content r...