ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,785, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Cleaner" was invented by Youngjun Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyeonwoo Tak (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ohkyu Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongjin Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seongtae Chu (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaner includes a housing provided to receive a fan motor unit configured to generate a suction force and a dust collecting chamber provided to collect foreign substances, a suction head coupled to a lower portion of the housing to suck the foreign substances on a surface to be cleaned, a neck arra...