ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,611, issued on March 25, was assigned to OD HITEC Co. LTD. (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

"Touchscreen device and method of controlling the same" was invented by Robin Yim (Uiwang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air-circulation-type touchscreen device includes a touch panel, an LCD device mounted behind the touch panel, a liquid crystal panel assembly disposed in front of the LCD device, an LCD device bracket fixing and supporting the LCD device, and at least one heated air circulation fan mounted behind the liquid crystal panel assembly to forcibly circulate heat between the touch panel and the liquid crystal p...