ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,923, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).

"Systems and methods for a wireless cascading water heating system" was invented by Eric William Ashley (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.), Hendrik Brinks (Klazienaveen, Netherlands) and Gerrit Dekker (Klijndijk, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for wireless cascading water heater systems. The wireless cascading water heater system may include several water heaters that may include one or more of a tankless water heater, a boiler, or a combination boiler, for example. One or more of the water heaters may communicate with a remote...