ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,498, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Laundry treating apparatus" was invented by Yunhi Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jaehyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyunsun Yoo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treating apparatus including a dryer including a first cabinet and a first drum rotatably mounted in the first cabinet; a washing machine including a second cabinet vertically disposed with respect to the first cabinet, a tub disposed in the second cabinet, and a second drum rotatably mounted in the tub; a refresher including a third cabinet disposed on one side of the ...