ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,357, issued on June 16, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF SEOUL INDUSTRY COOPERATION FOUNDATION (South Korea).

"Mold and construction panel manufacturing method using same" was invented by Nam Joo Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present inventive concept relates to a mold and a construction panel manufacturing method using same, in which, in order to manufacture a construction panel, a surface on which a raw material is applied is formed into a curved surface by continuously connecting a rope. The mold comprises: first and second side plates facing each other; a curved base forming a predetermined curved surfac...