ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,544, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Appliance performance analysis and prediction based on closed-loop control output" was invented by Kervins Petit-Bois (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating an appliance includes performing at least one operating cycle of the appliance. The one more operating cycle include operating a mechanical component of the appliance according to a closed-loop control algorithm. The method may also include monitoring an output of the closed-loop control algorithm during the operating cycle of the appliance, such as througho...