ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,012, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Dishwasher" was invented by Shinwoo Han (Seoul, South Korea) and Sangheon Yoon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a dishwasher including: a washing tub in which a rack on which a washing object is seated is disposed; a spray tube which has a rotation shaft extending in a direction intersecting upper and lower shafts, and has a spray nozzle disposed therein to eject flowing washing water in a direction intersecting the rotation shaft; a power applying device that generates power; and a driving module connected to the spray tub...