ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,891, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Dishwasher" was invented by Sung Sik Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Doo Hyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jeong In Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and In Woo Baek (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a dishwasher in which dry air spraying from an airflow guide is evenly distributed into a tub not to concentrate heat energy of the dry air on a specific portion, thereby reducing a dry period for wash targets and improving drying efficiency, and effectively preventing deterioration in drying efficiency, which is caused b...