US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Sept. 30 for "Microplastic filter for washing machines or other appliances" (Michigan, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,453, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Microplastic filter for washing machines or other appliances" was invented by Raveendran Vaidhyanathan (Rockaway, N.J.) and Viktor Kopyrin (Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microplastic filter includes a housing including an inlet configured to receive water. The microplastic filter also includes a fine filter disposed to rotate within the housing and configured to filter residues from the water. The microplastic filter further includes an inside wiper disposed within the fine filter. The inside wiper includes ...