ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,661, issued on July 14, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lighting device for vehicle" was invented by Do Hyung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting device for a vehicle includes a housing portion, an outer lens portion coupled to the housing portion and configured to cover an opening provided on the housing portion, a light source portion installed in the housing portion and configured to emit light toward the outer lens portion, and a light-blocking portion provided on the outer lens portion and configured to partially block light emitted from the light source portion." ...