ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,706, issued on July 14, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Ion generating device and air conditioner comprising the same" was invented by Ilna Son (Seoul, South Korea), Bongjun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Minwoo Jeong (Seoul, South Korea) and Sehyoun Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an ion generating device and an air conditioner having the same. The air conditioner may include a housing; a blower which causes a flow of air passing through an inner space of the housing; a heat exchanger located in the inner space of the housing; and an ion generating device which is spaced apa...