ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,560, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to INSINKERATOR LLC (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"System and method for enhanced provision of hot water" was invented by Matthew Schmitt (Kenosha, Wis.), Greg Chesack (Kenosha, Wis.) and Don Gapko (Mount Pleasant, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Point-of-use water heating systems, systems including such heating systems, and methods of operating such systems are disclosed herein. In an example embodiment, a point-of-use water heating system includes a thermostatic mixing valve and a hot water tank configured to heat a portion of input water received from the mixing valve to become heated water havin...