ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,331, issued on March 11, was assigned to AHAINC Co. LTD. (Gimpo-si, South Korea).

"Air purifier for improving removal performance of hazardous substance and virus in air" was invented by Chang Min Lee (Namyangju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air purifier capable of removing hazardous substances and viruses from air. The air purifier further includes: a body having an air inlet formed on a lower end thereof, an air outlet formed on an upper end thereof, and a flow path formed therein to move air upward; a pre-filter disposed in the flow path of the body; a box-shaped cell type discharge device disposed in the flow...