ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,207, issued on June 23, was assigned to KOLON INDUSTRIES INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Automatic flow rate control cartridge and fuel cell membrane humidifier comprising same" was invented by Hyoung Mo Yang (Seoul, South Korea), Kyoung Ju Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Woong Jeon Ahn (Seoul, South Korea) and In Ho Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an automatic flow rate control cartridge and a fuel cell membrane humidifier comprising same, the automatic flow rate control cartridge being capable of automatically controlling the flow rate of exhaust gas that is discharged from a fuel cell ...