ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,569, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Lighting indicator assembly for an appliance" was invented by Hadassah R. Lamppin (Louisville, Ky.) and Zachary Wiles (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting assembly is for an appliance. The lighting assembly includes a plurality of light sources that selectively emit a light energy. The lighting assembly includes a plurality of indicator lenses respectively interfaced with the plurality of light sources. Each indicator lens of the plurality of indicator lenses are spaced from adjacent indicator lenses. The lighting asse...