ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,315, issued on May 20, was assigned to MIELE & CIE. KG (Gutersloh, Germany).

"Method for operating a washing machine, and washing machine" was invented by Rainer Bicker (Verl, Germany) and Magnus Kortenjann (Telgte, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine and method for operating a washing machine having a suds container for holding washing liquid, a non-ribbed drum provided with stamped portions rotatably mounted in the suds container for holding laundry, a motor for driving the drum, and a control device. During rotation of the drum in a subcritical rotational speed range, the method includes sampling a variable re...