ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,307, issued on July 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Air conditioner including control box" was invented by Mingu Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Donghyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byungyul So (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joonho Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Buyoun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jinwoo Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner that is installable in a ceiling, the air conditioner including a housing having an intake port; a piping connection including a pipe connected from an inside of the housing to an out...