ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,216, issued on June 2, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Clothing treatment device" was invented by Joongil Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Kyuchul Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hyunseung Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Yulgi Jin (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a clothing treatment device comprising: a cabinet having a mounting panel having a panel installation hole formed therein; a drum rotatably provided inside the cabinet; a control circuit board located inside the cabinet; a window body located in the panel installation hole; a film sensor provided on the window b...