ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,641, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Air conditioner" was invented by Donghyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinwoo Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gahyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungwoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joonho Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Mingu Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Mingi Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner including: a housing including a cylinder portion, an inlet, and an outlet formed in a lower portion of the cylinder portion and being in a shape of an arc; a heat exchanger positioned inside the cylinder p...