ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,769, issued on July 29, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).

"Domestic dishwasher" was invented by Peter Schlogl (Dillingen, Germany) and Daniel Miller (Finningen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher interior, a spraying facility rotatably mounted in the dishwasher interior for spraying wash liquor and/or fresh water upon an item to be washed received in the dishwasher interior, a placement region for placement of a cleaning agent, and a blocking facility configured to block a rotational movement of the spraying facility in such a manner that the spraying facility during blocki...