ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,393, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Air conditioner and controlling method thereof to dry water condensed on a surface of a heat exchanger" was invented by Youngju Joo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taewoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungjun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeonguk Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyeongjoon Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyoshin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyeongkyu Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyoungseo Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jun Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner including a heat exchanger; a blow...