ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,256, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Wistron Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Server device and filter replacement reminder method thereof" was invented by Bo-Cheng Jhan (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Yi-Hsuan Chueh (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a server device and a filter replacement reminder method thereof. The filter replacement reminder method is suitable for the server device including a filter and includes the following steps. A current operation temperature of a target component is obtained by using a component temperature sensor. A working state of a heat dissipation component is detecte...