ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,981, issued on July 1, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Washing machine and control method of washing machine" was invented by Han Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method for a washing machine includes a first drum operation of supplying water by a first set amount with a detergent into a tub and rotating a drum at a first drum rotation speed while supplying water and operating a pump at a first pump rotation speed, a second drum operation of operating a heater to heat the water in the tub having the first set amount of water, rotating the drum at the first drum rotation speed ...