ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,000, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Air conditioner and controlling method thereof" was invented by Jun Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyungjin Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyutae Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joonho Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangwoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungjin Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Eunsung Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyeongkyu Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngju Joo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyoungseo Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner including an indoor unit housing; an indoor heat exchanger ...