ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,196, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).

"Domestic dishwasher and method" was invented by Bernd Eisenbart (Holzheim, Germany) and Dominik Veh (Finningen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A household dishwasher includes a washware receptacle, a holding facility positioned in or on the washware receptacle to hold washware, an actively driven spray arm, and an open-loop and closed-loop control facility designed to influence a rotational movement of the spray arm as a function of a position of the holding facility in or on the washware receptacle so that the spray arm pauses close to the holding facility ...