ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,424, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electrostatic precipitator and control method thereof" was invented by Joonoh Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myungsoo Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyongsoo Noh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myungseob Song (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kyuho Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrostatic precipitator includes a dust collecting sheet configured to emit ions and configured to collect an aerosol charged by the ions, a power supplier electrically connected to the dust collecting sheet, a plate-shaped structure arranged upst...