ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,106, issued on March 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Air cleaner" was invented by Euysung Chu (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taeyong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Youngseok Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air cleaner including a first housing including a first suction port and a first discharge port; a first flow path extending from the first suction port to the first discharge port; a first fan and a dust collector filter in the first flow path; a second housing including a second suction port and a second discharge port; a second flow path extending from the secon...