ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,081, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Dishwasher and control method thereof" was invented by Inju Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungyong Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junghee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungjin 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; an input device to receive a selection of a washing course; and an automatic detergent dispenser including a storage compartment in which a plurality of solid detergents ...