ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,592, issued on July 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Air cleaner" was invented by Juwan Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Juyoung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sunghyun Chun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Nakhyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Changhyun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Moonsun Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wonhee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Changwoo Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air cleaner capable of removing bacteria and viruses. The air cleaner includes: a main body including a suction hole through which air is introduced and a discharge hole through whic...