ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,740, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Photocatalyst, catalyst filter, catalyst module, and air purification system including the same" was invented by Minseok Koo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyukjae Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongsik Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyun Chul Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongmin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sangmin Ji (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photocatalyst including a first metal oxide; and a second metal oxide, wherein the first metal oxide is disposed on a surface of the second metal oxide, and wherein absorb...