ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,149, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Antimicrobial glass composition, method for preparing antimicrobial glass powder thereof, and household electrical appliance comprising same" was invented by Daesung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Young Seok Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Namjin Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an antimicrobial glass composition, a method for preparing antimicrobial glass powder thereof, and a household electrical appliance comprising same, the antimicrobial glass composition securing antimicrobial activity and water resistance at the same ...