ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,031, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).

"Predicting remaining useful life of a water heater storage tank" was invented by Piyush Porwal (Montgomery, Ala.), Atilhan Manay (Marietta, Ga.) and Ankur Maheshwari (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure addresses systems, media, and methods of predicting a remaining useful life of a water heater storage tank included in a water heating system. To predict the remaining useful life of the water heater storage tank, algorithmic calibration processes can be used to determine an anodic current range for a corrosive current flowing between...