ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,286, issued on March 24, was assigned to EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & Co. KGAA (Nabburg, Germany).

"Domestic cleaning machine" was invented by Matthias Bauer (Schmidgaden, Germany) and Johann Kleber (Nabburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a domestic cleaning machine, in particular a built-in domestic cleaning machine, comprising a cleaning machine body and a cleaning machine door connected thereto for closing the domestic cleaning machine, wherein a main tub for holding objects to be cleaned and flushing liquid is provided in the cleaning machine body, and wherein a sump and a salt compartment are arranged be...