ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,190, issued on April 7, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Water filter and home appliance having same" was invented by Jongpil Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Seonghee Lim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a water filter and a home appliance having the same, and as a water filter according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a water filter detachably coupled to a head connected to a water supply source includes a housing having an upper opening formed therein that is open upward; a filter cover provided in the housing to shield the upper opening and havi...