ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,898, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Method for sterilizing air conditioner, air conditioner and storage medium" was invented by Rupu Huang (Guangdong, China), Yanpo Shao (Guangdong, China) and Lei Cao (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a method for sterilizing an air conditioner, an air conditioner and a storage medium. The method includes receiving a sterilization instruction, and detecting a temperature of an indoor heat exchanger in a heating mode. When it is determined that the detected temperature of the indoor heat exchanger is lower...