ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,407, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"Control method for washing machine and washing machine" was invented by Kai Liu (Shandong, China), Sheng Xu (Shandong, China), Yanfen Lv (Shandong, China) and Zhilong Zhao (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine includes: a water holding barrel, a circulation filtration pipeline connected with the water holding barrel, and a circulation pump arranged in the circulation filtration pipeline, and a filter device arranged between the circulation pump and a water outlet of...