US Patent Issued to SharkNinja Operating on June 30 for "Robotic cleaner and methods of operating the same" (North Carolina, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,237, issued on June 30, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Robotic cleaner and methods of operating the same" was invented by Scott Teuscher (Advance, N.C.) and John Lewis (Littleton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic cleaner may include one or more driven wheels, one or more sensors configured to detect one or more features of an environment, an air jet assembly configured to generate an air jet, and a side brush, a side brush operational state of the side brush corresponding to an air jet operational state of the air jet assembly."

The patent was filed on April 12, 2023, under Application No. ...