ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,336, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for using artificial intelligence to perform a bulk flush process in a washing machine appliance" was invented by Wonmyung Seo (Seongnam, South Korea) and Seong Hoon Ryu (Suwon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance includes a wash basket that is rotatably mounted within a wash tub and that defines a wash chamber for receiving a load of clothes. A water supply selectively dispenses a flow of wash fluid and a bulk dispenser selectively adds a wash additive to the flow of wash fluid. A contro...