ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,496, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Air cleaner and method for controlling the air cleaner" was invented by Doyoon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yongchan Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seokho Ju (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongsoo Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Junhoe Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air cleaner is provided. The air cleaner includes a main body, a case coupled to an outer side of the main body and comprising a suction port for sucking air into the main body, a filter unit disposed inside the main body, a dust sensor for sensing dust ...