ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. RE50,709, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Laundry treating apparatus" was invented by Jiyoung Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jiyeon Min (Seoul, South Korea), Ayeong Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Sogkie Hong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treating apparatus is provided. The laundry treating apparatus may include a cabinet having a receiving space in which laundry is received, a supply device supplying at least one of air or moisture into the receiving space, and a presser provided in the receiving space, the presser including a support device to support the laundry and a ...