ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,667, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Air-conditioning system" was invented by Chinsoo Hyon (Seoul, South Korea) and Sehwan Bae (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air-conditioning system is provided that may include a first air-processing apparatus, which includes a first inlet formed in a first surface thereof that extends perpendicular to a floor or a ceiling and a first outlet formed in a second surface thereof perpendicular to the first inlet and induces air introduced into the first inlet to exchange heat with refrigerant and to be discharged through the first outle...