ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,949, issued on June 10, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Laundry treating apparatus" was invented by Yeeseok Bae (Seoul, South Korea) and Juhan Yoon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum, a base, a motor, a supply duct, a heat exchange unit, a duct cover, duct sealing unit, and sealing mount part. The base includes the supply duct in fluid communication with the drum, the heat exchange unit provided in the supply duct and including first and second heat exchangers, the duct cover coupled to an upper portion of the supply duct and covering t...