ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,057, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH (Daejeon, South Korea) and KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Seoul, South Korea).

"Hollow fiber composite membrane for water vapor separation, method for manufacturing the same, and device including the same" was invented by Jae Deok Jeon (Daejeon, South Korea), Soon Jin Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Won Kil Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and So Jung Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a hollow fiber composite membrane for water vapor separation, comprising a hollow fiber membrane including two or more pores and a coating ...