ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,917, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY) (Seoul, South Korea).

"Container sterilization device using pulsed light" was invented by Young Beom Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Keun Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a device for sterilizing containers using pulsed light including a visible light band. The device includes: a housing provided with an openable door and providing an accommodation space therein; a container mounting area disposed on at least a portion of a bottom surface of the accommodation space; and a pulsed light ...