ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,828, issued on April 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Air conditioner and control method thereof" was invented by Sungjin In (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngjin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Beomseok Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Daechul Han (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyoju Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Leegyu Son (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Manki Ha (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner and a control method thereof. The air conditioner includes an indoor unit including an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan, an outdoor unit connected to the indoor unit and inc...