ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,862, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Dishwasher" was invented by Johannes Busing (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongwook Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyuha Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Changhyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungsan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joowan Nam (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Woojin Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher includes: a tub including a washing room; and a dryer installed on one side of the tub, the dryer including: a first housing coupled with the tub and communicating with the washing room; a second housing coupl...