ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,677, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Korea Institute Of Geoscience And Mineral Resources (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Integrated sieve device for particle size screening of soil samples" was invented by Yuri Kim (Sejong-si, South Korea), Jiyoung Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yoonmi Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated sieve device for particle size screening of a soil sample is provided, the device comprising: a particle size screening unit having at least one sieve and configured to screen the soil sample by particle sizes and to drop the soil sample; a body housing in a cylindrical shape, wherein a ...