ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,595, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Robot cleaner" was invented by Hongseok Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Elijah Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Juyeong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jiwon Ryu (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot cleaner includes a housing; a motor in the housing; a separation driver including a stopper configured to vertically move up and down; and a cleaning cloth module including a first member including a stopper insertion hole into which the stopper is insertable, and an attaching member to which a cleaning cloth is detachably coupl...