ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,470, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Drain assembly and home appliance" was invented by Johannes Busing (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangjune Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sungjin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher comprising a tub; a drain port including a port body, a first port coupling portion extending along an edge of an outer circumferential surface of the port body, and a second port coupling portion extending along an edge of an outer circumferential surface of the port body, the second port coupling portion having a length longer than ...