ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,416, issued on June 2, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Mop cleaning device and cleaning system including same" was invented by Hyeoncheol Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seehyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kihwan Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunju Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wonkyu Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungryong Cha (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Ingyu Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning device for cleaning a mop of a mop-vacuum, and a cleaning system including same are provided. The cleaning system includes the mop, the...