ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,037, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Water purifier and control method therefor" was invented by Jungha Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junggeun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jongho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water purifier includes: a raw water flow path; a purified water flow path connected to the raw water flow path; at least one filter provided in the purified water flow path and to filter raw water flowing along the purified water flow path; a washing water flow path connected to the raw water flow path; a washing water generator configure...