ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,029, issued on July 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Toilet and individual excreta disposal system including same" was invented by Hyunsuk Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ginam Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yongkwon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet bowl includes a main body defining a urine and feces transfer passage; and a collection member arranged in a first direction from the main body, wherein the main body comprises a urine and feces transfer surface and a urine and feces separation surface arranged in the first direction, wherein the urine and feces s...