ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,178, issued on June 23, was assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Foshan, China) and MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Air treatment apparatus and air conditioner" was invented by Zijian Zhang (Foshan, China), Yi Ding (Foshan, China), Zhonghua He (Foshan, China) and Ganggang Yang (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air treatment apparatus and an air conditioner are provided. The air treatment apparatus has a housing and one or more air treatment devices. An airflow passage is formed in the housing. A mounting cavity is formed in the airflow passage. A side of the mounting cavity has a mounting op...