ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,697, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Antibacterial composition, filter using the same, and home appliance comprising filter" was invented by Sun Young Moon (Seoul, South Korea), Hyungho Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Dongryul Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an antibacterial composition, a filter using the same, and a home appliance such as an air conditioner comprising the filter. More specifically, the antibacterial composition according to the present disclosure comprises a polymer resin, and an antibacterial additive composed of ...