ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,028, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Washing machine and control method thereof" was invented by Jihyun Woo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kanghyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeonghoon Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyeoncheol Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junhyun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Eunsuk Bang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine is provided that includes a washing tub, a driver to rotate the washing tub, a sensor to sense an operation of the washing machine, and at least one processor configured to obtain a weight of dry fabric of l...