ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,657, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Hairdryer" was invented by Kyungseok Min (Seoul, South Korea), Kwangwoon Ahn (Seoul, South Korea) and Hangjin Ban (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a hairdryer comprising: a cylindrical main body housing including a gas outlet portion in the front surface thereof; a main body assembly inserted into the cylindrical body housing from the rear surface of the main body housing; and a handle housing connected to the lower portion of the main body housing, wherein the main body assembly comprises: a heater module comprising a fir...