ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,927, issued on April 21, was assigned to SOOKMYUNG WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Functional material and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Young Soo Joung (Seoul, South Korea), Jee Yoon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Jung Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Yeon Ha Cho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a material having various functions such as antimicrobial function or waterproof function, as well as a method and an apparatus for manufacturing the same. The method for manufacturing a functional material according to the...