ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,480, issued on July 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Air conditioner with defrosting operation and method for controlling the same" was invented by Kwangsik Han (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangho Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaeyang Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jejin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyeongseok Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byoungguk Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yonghee Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gwangchel Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dongil Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner, and a control method, including a compressor to compress a r...