ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,718, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Clothes care apparatus" was invented by Donggi Han (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dongwoo Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clothes care apparatus including a main body having a care compartment with an exhaust port and a supply port; a heat exchanger in the main body; a blowing fan in the main body to generate airflow supplied to the care compartment through the supply port; an exhaust flow path to guide airflow from the exhaust port to pass through the heat exchanger; a circulation flow path to guide airflow from the...