ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,911, issued on June 16, was assigned to TERAON Co. Ltd. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Heater in which capacitive power control pattern is implemented, and apparatus therefor" was invented by Yoon Jin Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Sang Hyun Jang (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Hyung Jun Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a heater in which a capacitive power control pattern is implemented, and an apparatus therefor. A heater comprising: first and second base materials that are separated in the vertical direction so as to have an internal space therebetween; a heater electrode ...