US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Aug. 26 for "Appliance water filter system having memory and authentication functionality" (Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,249, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Appliance water filter system having memory and authentication functionality" was invented by Melissa M. Bippus (Evansville, Ind.), Andrew M. Drees (Iowa City, Iowa), Wyndham F. Gary Jr. (Whitefish Bay, Wis.), Steven J. Kuehl (Stevensville, Mich.) and Brent A. Rowland (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water filter system for an appliance includes a filter head assembly, a first appliance control unit positioned proximate the filter head assembly and a water filter having a memory storage unit. The water filter is selectively placed i...