ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,782, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Vacuum cleaner and method for controlling the same" was invented by Hyunkoo Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Juhyuk Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sanghwa Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seehyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sanghyuk Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinwook Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongseok Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seongu Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeonghee Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seungryong Cha (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum cleaner including a main body; a suction head including a...