ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,597, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SEOUL VIOSYS Co. LTD. (Ansan-si, South Korea).
"Air purification module and refrigerator comprising the same" was invented by Jae Hak Jeong (Ansan-si, South Korea), Ji Won Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea) and Sang Cheol Shin (Ansan-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air purification module for purifying air includes a photocatalyst filter and a light source unit sequentially arranged in a selected direction. The light source unit is spaced apart from the photocatalyst filter to provide light to the photocatalyst filter and includes a substrate and a light source disposed on the substr...