ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,461, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Dryer and control method therefor" was invented by Dokyeong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyejoon Seok (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minjoon Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sujin Seong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hoon Wee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyungwoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungeun Chung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hankyu Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dryer including: a drum; a duct connected to the drum; a compressor connected to an evaporator and a condenser provided inside the duct; a heater provided inside t...