ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,558, issued on May 12, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Thermoelectric module" was invented by Jong Hyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoelectric module according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a semiconductor structure disposed on the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the semiconductor structure; a second substrate disposed on the second electrode; and a heat sink disposed on the second substrate, wherein the heat sink includes, on the surface thereof, a plurality of groov...