ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,026, issued on March 25, was assigned to ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"User interface for pumps for swimming pools and spas" was invented by Jesse Bolane (San Marcos, Calif.), Matthew Golman (San Marcos, Calif.), Merinda Nugent (Vista, Calif.), Steven Alan Jones (San Marcos, Calif.), Alec Momont (San Francisco), Jeffrey Servaites (Oakland, Calif.), Ryan Starling (San Rafael, Calif.), Kenneth Hsieh (Seattle) and Paolo Forte (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user interface may be communicatively coupled with a fluid-moving pump and may include at least two interactive regions for receiving user input to control t...