ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,486, issued on March 24, was assigned to REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE DIRECTOR MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR AND SAFETY) (Wonju-si, South Korea).

"Projected bloodstain generator and method of generating projected bloodstain using the same" was invented by Nam Kyu Park (Bucheon-si, South Korea), Byung Seon Moon (Busan, South Korea), Jae Mo Goh (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Pyo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Il Seo (Wonju-si, South Korea), Eunah Joo (Wonju-si, South Korea) and Jehyun Lee (Wonju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projected bloodstain generator includes: a blood supply capable of supplying blood ...