ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,100, issued on April 14, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER LAUNDRY ELECTRIC APPLIANCES Co. LTD (Qingdao, China) and Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd. (Qingdao, China).

"Clothing treatment agent box and clothing treatment device" was invented by Zhiqiang Zhao (Qingdao, China), Sheng Xu (Qingdao, China) and Peishi Lv (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clothing treatment agent box and a clothing treatment device, including a clothing treatment agent box body. A first cavity is provided in the interior of the clothing treatment agent box body, and a disinfection and sterilization apparatus is fixedly provided in the interior of the fi...