ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,276, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BRITA SE (Taunusstein, Germany).
"Method for controlling a temperature of a liquid in a liquid container" was invented by Thomas Duchardt (Offenbach, Germany) and Oliver Machui (Bad Homburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a temperature of a liquid in a liquid container filled with at least a first predetermined amount of the liquid using a heating device. The temperature of the liquid in the liquid container is measured and controlled by adjusting the heat output of the heating device. If the liquid container is filled with less than the first predetermined amou...