US Patent Issued to Pentair Water Pool and Spa on Jan. 20 for "Swimming pool filter detection system and method" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,036, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Pentair Water Pool and Spa Inc. (Cary, N.C.).

"Swimming pool filter detection system and method" was invented by Jason Cowell (Apex, N.C.), Gerry Callahan (Smithfield, N.C.) and Andrew Phy (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for filter detection are provided. The filter detection system includes a filter provided in the form of a filter element, a housing surrounding the filter element, and an identification element. A controller is designed to detect the identification element, determine a filter characteristic based on the identification element, determine a rem...