US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on Feb. 25 for "Systems and methods for manipulating control of sump pumps to extend lifespans of sump pumps" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,826, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for manipulating control of sump pumps to extend lifespans of sump pumps" was invented by Nathan L. Tofte (Downs, Ill.), Jonathan Christopher Hull (Bloomington, Ill.), John R. Donovan (Bloomington, Ill.) and Richard Jan Tjaden (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example systems and methods for manipulating control of sump pumps in order to extend lifespans of the sump pumps are disclosed. An example method includes activating a sump pump a first time; deactivating the sump pump when a first cu...