ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,289, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Blowing apparatus and air conditioner comprising same" was invented by Eunsung Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaechan Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyejeong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeonguk Koh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Moonsun Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungjin Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Keunjeong Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blowing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a blowing fan and a protective grille arranged in front of the blowing fan, wherein the prote...