ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,426, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A electrostatic precipitator includes a charger configured to charge foreign substances introduced thereinto, and a dust collecting sheet on which the charged foreign substances are collected. The dust collecting sheet...