ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,879, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Air purification module and air purification system including the same" was invented by Mijong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongjin Ham (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyukjae Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyun Chul Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air purification module which purifies introduced unpurified air and discharge purified air, includes a first filter supporter extending in a first direction and having a penetrating shape including a first hollow region, a first filter which is supported by the first f...