US Patent Issued to Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology [KIOST] on June 30 for "Marine organism antifouling apparatus for ships using UV-C module" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,338, issued on June 30, was assigned to Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology [KIOST] (Busan, South Korea).

"Marine organism antifouling apparatus for ships using UV-C module" was invented by Seung Jae Baek (Busan, South Korea), Hyoun Kang (Busan, South Korea), Jung Min Seo (Busan, South Korea) and Sung Min Koo (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a marine organism antifouling apparatus for ships using a UV-C module. The marine organism antifouling apparatus includes circular or polygonal net units and at least one UV-C module configured to be turned on to emit ultraviolet light by power supplied th...