ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,639, issued on July 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Washing machine and method of controlling the same" was invented by Jeonggi Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wonjae Han (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungjong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hooijoong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hansol Youn (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sooyeon Jin (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a washing machine and a method of controlling the same, the washing machine including: a tub provided to accommodate water therein; a rotating tub rotatably installed inside the tub; a ball balancer provided i...