ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,479, issued on May 12, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kolongotech. Inc (Seoul, South Korea).

"Flooring woven fabric" was invented by Hyun Dae Cho (Anyang, South Korea), Mi Jung Yun (Seongnam, South Korea), Chang Hyeon Noh (Seongnam, South Korea), Hyun Joung Jun (Gumi, South Korea) and Hae Min Hwang (Gumi, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein, inter alia, is a flooring woven fabric. The flooring woven fabric includes a fabric layer including bulked continuous filaments (BCFs) having crimp and a polymer resin composition. The fabric layer includes a woven...