ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,488, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Air cleaner" was invented by Kunyoung Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Taesan Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Bohyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air cleaner according to the present disclosure includes: a first body having an inlet and an outlet; a filter disposed inside the first body and facing the inlet; a blower fan disposed between the inlet and the outlet inside the first body; a blower motor disposed inside the first body and configured to rotate the blower fan; and a second body coupled to an upper side of the first body and...