ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,549, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea) and INHA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION (Michuhol-gu, South Korea).

"Clothing treatment apparatus and damper for washing machine" was invented by Doyeon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungbok Choi (Incheon, South Korea), Junhyeong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byunghyuk Kang (Incheon, South Korea), Jeonghoon Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Bogyu Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea), Yujin Park (Incheon, South Korea), Jaeik Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sejun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyungjin Choe (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Tr...