ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,252, issued on June 30, was assigned to HEPHZIBAH Co. LTD. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Portable air conditioner" was invented by Cha Hyun Sung (Incheon, South Korea), Hyeon Ho Jeong (Incheon, South Korea), In Jae Lee (Incheon, South Korea) and Jae Hoon Kim (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a portable air conditioner. The portable air conditioner includes at least a housing having an internal space, a heat exchanger provided in the internal space and heat-exchanged with external air introduced from the outside, a blower fan configured to generate a negative pressure in the internal space so that the externa...