ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,147, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Range hood" was invented by Seokang Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woojoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Inho Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byounghoon Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heejin Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chulwoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jungseung Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sunwoo Han (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A range hood comprises a duct, and a main body coupled to the duct and facing the cooktop, wherein the main body includes a light source device including an illumination light source ...