ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,744, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA WASHING APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Dishwasher" was invented by Junzhi Liao (Foshan, China), Pingping Xu (Foshan, China), Jiawei Han (Foshan, China), Jianxun Zhao (Foshan, China) and Jie Shen (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher is provided. The dishwasher has an inner container, a frame and a door body. The inner container has an accommodation cavity. The accommodation cavity has a forward-facing opening. The frame is connected to an outer surface of the inner container and extends along an edge of the opening of the accommodati...