ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,203, issued on April 14, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Vehicle air conditioner having photocatalyst module" was invented by Jae Ho Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji-Yong Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Tae Yong Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Su Jin Woo (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sung Je Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a vehicle air conditioner having a photocatalyst module, i.e., a two-layered flow air conditioner in which an inner flow path of the air conditioner is divided into an upper flow path and a lower flow path, the air conditioner providing an optim...