ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,029, issued on July 22, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Dryer appliance and filter apparatus" was invented by Alexander B. Leibman (Prospect, Ky.), Venkata Chakradhar Rangu (Louisville, Ky.), V V Anil Bhaskar Prasad Seereddy (Hyderabad, India) and Bobby Lee Lindsey (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dryer appliances are provided herein including a cabinet having a lower panel and a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet. The drum defines a chamber for receipt of articles for drying. A drawer is removably mounted to the cabinet and includes a front wall, a rear wall, and sidewalls...