ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,895, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Wired remote controller and power saving method therefor" was invented by Rakchung Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Doyeon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Taebok Hur (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wired remote controller is provided. The wired remote controller includes a display panel, a wired interface that is connected to an indoor unit by wire, a memory in which information on a power capacity for each indoor unit model is stored, and a processor that receives power from the indoor unit through the wired interface an...