ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,939, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Air conditioner" was invented by Ji Hyun Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Donghwal Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Bohee Park (Seoul, South Korea), Sungho Seo (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyunjin Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner is provided, in which a control box is disposed at a boundary between an indoor main body configured to blow indoor air and an outdoor main body configured to blow outdoor air, and the outdoor air may be introduced into the control box. Accordingly, even if it rains, the air conditioner may prevent di...