ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,728, issued on March 24, was assigned to COWAY Co. Ltd. (Gongju-si, South Korea).

"Tank having integrated insulation structure" was invented by Kyu-Jun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sang-Gu Sim (Seoul, South Korea), Sung-Jin Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sang-Woo Bang (Seoul, South Korea), An-Ho Cho (Seoul, South Korea) and Chan-Jung Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tank having an integrated insulation structure includes a tank body having an accommodating space formed therein; a foamed case surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the tank body; and a foamed insulation material formed by a foaming agent expandin...