ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,419, issued on June 2, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-Si, South Korea).

"Dishwasher" was invented by Inju Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungyong Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junghee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungjin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinhyok An (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Youngpyo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher including a tub; a door that is movable to a first position in which the door is vertical and closes the tub, and a second position in which the door is not vertical and opens the tub; and an automatic detergent dispenser on the door, and including a...