ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,738, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Shoe care device and control method thereof" was invented by Joongwon Na (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minsoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heemoon Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kookjeong Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a shoe care apparatus including: a main body, a care room provided in the main body configured to accommodate shoes, a machine room provided in the main body configured to accommodate a heat pump device including an evaporator and a condenser, a circulation flow path ...