ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,366, issued on April 21, was assigned to GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Foshan, China) and HEFEI MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Hefei, China).

"Wall-mounted air conditioner" was invented by Baisong Zhou (Foshan, China), Duode Wu (Foshan, China), Bo Li (Foshan, China), Yongqiang Wan (Foshan, China), Qiqin Su (Foshan, China) and Yunchong Tu (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a wall-mounted air conditioner. The wall-mounted air conditioner includes a casing, an electric control component and a heat exchanger, and the casing is internally provided with an air duct; the air duct...