ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,081, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Dishwasher" was invented by Kitae Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jusik Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Daeseon Yeom (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Minho Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a dishwasher. The dishwasher includes a tub forming a washing chamber and a water tank mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the tub to communicate with the tub. The water tank includes a reservoir provided to store washing water and including a washing water outlet, a partiti...