ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,066, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NANO CMS Co. LTD. (South Korea).

"Sterilization device that is harmless to human body" was invented by Shi Surk Kim (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Seong Uk Lee (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea) and Sung Jin Park (Champaign, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sterilization device has an ultraviolet light unit including an ultraviolet light source and a filter for filtering wavelengths of 230 to 270 nm, emitted from the ultraviolet light source; a lighting unit including an LED light source; and a control unit which controls on and off of the ultraviolet light unit and the lighting unit and su...