ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,763, issued on June 23, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Laundry treatment apparatus" was invented by Younghun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Kunwoo Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sungwoon Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet including a top cover having an introduction opening, a tub provided in the cabinet to store water and having a tub opening, and a storage provided at the top cover to store detergent and exposed at at least a portion thereof to an outside. The storage includes an installation unit provided at the top cover so as to communicat...