ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,036, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Buried type air purifier" was invented by Seonuk Na (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunah Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaehyoung Sim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Eomji Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungjune Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyungmo Koo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Joonhyoung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buried type air purifier including a main body to be buried in a buried space through a buried opening provided on a boundary surface between a use space and the buried space, the main body having an intake pas...