ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,441, issued on April 15, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Water heater and control method therefor" was invented by Yose Bae (Seoul, South Korea), Minsu Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyewon Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water heater is provided that heats water in a storage tank and discharges the heated water. The water heater includes a storage tank configured to store water, at least one first temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the water stored in the storage tank, a second temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature related to an outside of the wate...