ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,767, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA WASHING APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China) and MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Control method for dishwasher and dishwasher" was invented by Yahui Cheng (Guangdong, China), Hyoungjun Kim (Guangdong, China), Shaohe Qu (Guangdong, China), Yajun Yi (Guangdong, China), Liuguang Zhang (Guangdong, China) and Hui Kong (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a control method for a dishwasher and a dishwasher. The dishwasher includes a spray rod and a spray rod driver configured to drive the spray rod to rotate. The control method f...