ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,402, issued on March 31, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Dryer" was invented by Yang Gyu Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dryer and an operation method thereof are useful in a 5G environment provided for the Internet of Things. The dryer includes a heating device, a tumbler having an entrance connected to the heating device, a fan provided connected to the exit of the tumbler, a heat exchanger disposed in a flow line of a working fluid connected to the exit of the fan, a compressor having an entrance connected to a circulation line of the working fluid connected to the exit of the f...