ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,644, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Air purifier" was invented by Younglae Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyungmo Koo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngchal Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngtae Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaehyoung Sim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyeongae Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Eomji Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungjune Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Taesung Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceiling type air purifier including a housing having an opening on a lower side; a filter on one side of the opening and fixed to the hous...