US Patent Issued to COWAY on June 30 for "Antibacterial filter, method for manufacturing same, and air purifier comprising same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,801, issued on June 30, was assigned to COWAY Co. Ltd. (Gongju-si, South Korea).

"Antibacterial filter, method for manufacturing same, and air purifier comprising same" was invented by Hyun Jun Yun (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Kyu Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hu Min Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Cheol Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Byong Hyoek Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyung Hwan Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antibacterial filter, a method for manufacturing the filter, and an air purifier comprising the filter. The antibacterial filter contains a specific range of active copper particles bound to the surface of ...