ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,881, issued on March 25, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Drying apparatus and method of controlling same" was invented by Jeong Uk Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Chan Ho Chun (Seoul, South Korea), Chang Kyu Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hye Yong Park (Seoul, South Korea), Manho Chun (Seoul, South Korea), Sora Kim (Seoul, South Korea), DoHyun Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Taehee Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe care device includes an inner cabinet that has an accommodation space configured to accommodate shoes therein, an inlet defined at a first portion of the accommodation space and c...