ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,118, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of inspecting an adhesion portion in a hydrogen fuel cell and an electricity-generating assembly and cell frame assembly used therefor" was invented by Seung Ah Yu (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sun Il Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Myung Young An (Incheon, South Korea), Hyun Gak Yang (Daejeon, South Korea), Han Hyung Lee (Goyang-si, South Korea) and Young June Park (Yangseo-myeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a non-destructive inspection method capable of effectively evaluating adhesion qualit...