ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,545, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Laundry treating apparatus" was invented by Juhan Yoon (Seoul, South Korea), Jinhyouk Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Jongryul Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Donghyun Jin (Seoul, South Korea), Manseok Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeongwoong Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum for accommodating laundry, a base disposed below the drum, a motor for providing power to rotate the drum, and a heat exchange unit including a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a compressor. The base ...