ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,900, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to RESIDEO LLC (Golden Valley, Minn.).

"HVAC controller indicating current temperature and set point temperature" was invented by Arturo Romero (Chihuahua, Mexico), Karla Morales (Chihuahua, Mexico), Claudia Prieto (Chihuahua, Mexico), Cesar Alejandro Arzate (Chihuahua, Mexico), Jonathan Erbacher (Minneapolis) and Raul Rascon Perez (Chihuahua, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a device controls a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system within a building. The device includes an analog display including a set of markers, a stepper motor, and a pointer connected...