ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,803, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Cleaning device and controlling method thereof" was invented by Ingyu Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seehyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyeoncheol Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunju Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seungryong Cha (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning device including a cleaner and a station on which the cleaner is mounted is provided. The cleaner includes a suction head, a dust container to collect dust contained in air vacuumed through the suction head, and a...