ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,915, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Dishwasher and water tank for dishwasher" was invented by Daeseon Yeom (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jusik Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kitae Park (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: "A dishwasher comprises a tub; a sump in which water supplied to the tub is accommodated; and a water tank disposed at one side of the tub. The water tank comprises a water storage part; a water supply channel that is connected to the sump and supplies water to the water stora...