ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,907, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).

"Handheld vacuum cleaner and method of operating the vacuum cleaner" was invented by Karol Pluskwa (Rzeszow, Poland), Artur Bilanski (Rzeszow, Poland), Mateusz Osiniak (Sokolow Malopolski, Poland) and Mateusz Radlowski (Rzeszow, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld vacuum cleaner has a body with a handle, a nozzle assembly connected with the body via a suction pipe, and two or more rotating brush rollers for cleaning a surface. An input unit provides data for assisting a movement of the nozzle assembly. Two or more electric motors connected to the brush...