US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on March 3 for "Antimicrobial cleaning composition comprising a synergistic combination of sage and eucalyptus extract" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,630, issued on March 3, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Antimicrobial cleaning composition comprising a synergistic combination of sage and eucalyptus extract" was invented by Heung Sik Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Kwang Mo Seong (Bucheon-si, South Korea) and Mi Jung Yun (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaner composition has a solvent, a surfactant, a natural extract, and an additive. The cleaner composition has excellent antibacterial properties by using a natural extract including small amounts of a sage extract, a eucalyptus extract, or a comb...