ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,096, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Ventilating apparatus, circuit assembly and control method of the same" was invented by Sangkyoon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taehun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kiwon Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kongsik Youn (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungbeom Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Taeha Jun (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventilating apparatus includes a panel, a motor, a circuit assembly, and the apparatus stops an operation of the motor and notify a user when the panel is opened independently of a specific driving con...