ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,495, issued on Sept. 1.

"Dish cleaning system" was invented by Narasimha Mandapaka (Richmond, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dish cleaning system for washing and automatically storing dishes includes a cabinet which defines an interior volume therein. The interior volume includes a loading space, a washing space, a drying space, and a storage space. A dish rack is positionable in the cabinet and is configured to hold a plurality of dishes. He drives system is mounted in the cabinet and is configured to move the dish rack between the loading space, the washing space, the drying space and the storage space. A washing assembly i...