ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,139, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Air conditioner and control method thereof" was invented by Beomseok Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngjin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyokyu Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Youngju Joo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an air conditioner and a control method thereof. The air conditioner includes: a housing including a base, a first heat exchanger disposed inside the housing and configured to exchange heat with outdoor air, a second heat exchanger disposed inside the housing and configured to exchang...