ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,861, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Dishwasher" was invented by Inju Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungyong Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungwook Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yeonsu Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinhyok An (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Youngpyo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher including a tub; a door to open and close the tub; and an automatic detergent dispenser disposed on the door and including a storage compartment in which solid detergents are stackable along one direction, and a transporting member at one side of ...