ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,472, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Air conditioning apparatus" was invented by Yanghwa Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Chulwoo Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Hojung Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioning apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a main body including a suction part through which air is suctioned and a discharge part through which the air suctioned through the suction part is discharged, a fan disposed in the main body to allow the air to flow, an electric charge device coupled to the main body outside the main body...