ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,129, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China) and QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).

"Method for determining blockage of filter mesh of clothes dryer, determining apparatus, and clothes dryer" was invented by Yijun Song (Shandong, China), Longping Yao (Shandong, China), Zhaobin Du (Shandong, China), Hongbiao Ma (Shandong, China), Jun Xia (Shandong, China) and Xinfeng Zhao (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a method and apparatus for determining a blockage of a filter of a clothes dryer and a clothes dryer. The clothes dryer includes a motor. The me...