US Patent Issued to E.G.O. Elektro-Geraetebau on March 31 for "Water bearing appliance, control method, and system" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,398, issued on March 31, was assigned to E.G.O. Elektro-Geraetebau GmbH (Oberderdingen, Germany).

"Water bearing appliance, control method, and system" was invented by Christoph Milz (Fairfield, Calif.), Uwe Schaumann (Oberderdingen, Germany), Antonio Di Maggio (Schwaigern, Germany) and Juergen Eiselt (Illertissen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water bearing appliance, control method, and system are provided. Operating data from appliances are transmitted to a receiver over a network such as the Internet. Maintenance, cleaning, and repairs are initiated based on the operating data, and can be triggered remotely and automa...