ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,998, issued on April 21, was assigned to JOMOO KITCHEN & BATH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Munich).

"Sanitary room of a building" was invented by Johann Dueck (Feurstenfeldbruck, Germany), Fabian Kreuzer (Munich), Thomas Richter (Munich), Benjamin Mohrich (Munich), Daniel Gemmecke (Munich), Muya Hong (Munich) and Lin Xiaowei (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitary room of a building has an access point for persons and a sanitary station, which has a sanitary apparatus having a metering and mixing valve unit, a lighting apparatus, and a sound apparatus. A programmable electronic controller influences the metering and mixing val...