ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,709, issued on March 17, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Dishwasher" was invented by Jongyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Dongho Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Kyung Rae Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Min Jae Jeong (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeong In Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a dishwasher which can effectively prevent a drying air supply part or a base from being damaged by a vibration occurring during a washing operation and an external impact resulting from, for example, a drop test, can prevent the drying air supply part from physically coming into direct...