ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,970, issued on July 14, was assigned to Jingjie Xunhang (Suzhou) Technology Co. Ltd. (Suzhou, China).

"Robotic wiper and system thereof" was invented by Li Ma (Suzhou, China) and Jiang Shi (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a robotic wiper, including: a body; a first cleaning assembly; a detection device, including a detection member, the detection member having a first working state and a second working state; and a second cleaning assembly, capable of moving relative to the body in the direction perpendicular to the to-be-wiped surface, where when the detection member is in the first working state, the secon...