ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,768, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Humidifier" was invented by Chiyoung Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Jaeheuk Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Dongryul Park (Seoul, South Korea), Yongmin Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeonghoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a humidifier. A humidifier of the present disclosure includes: a humidification unit for generating mist; a flow path body disposed above the humidification unit, that has a discharge flow path having an annular cross-section through which mist released from the humidification unit flow...