ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,985, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Dishwasher" was invented by Johannes Busing (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jisun Yang (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 washing chamber, a spray unit configured to spray wash water into the washing chamber, a distribution chamber including a lower port through which wash water flows in and out, a distribution cover configured to cover the distribution chamber and including an upper port connected to the spray unit to supply the wash water in the distribution chambe...