ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,457, issued on July 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Air conditioner" was invented by Jungwon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sejoo Na (Suwon-si, South Korea), Moonsun Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joonho Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woonghee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wonhee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jangjung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner including a sensor kit. The air conditioner includes: a cabinet including a first side having a first through hole and a second side having a second through hole; a pipe formed to pass through the first thr...