ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,728, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lamp for vehicle" was invented by Tae Yang Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Na Ram Jun (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyun Soo Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lamp for a vehicle includes a light source, and a light guide part to receive light emitted from the light source, in which a lower surface portion of the light guide part includes a lower total reflection region in which the light emitted from the light source is totally reflected, and a refraction region spaced apart forward from the lower total reflection region suc...