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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kirk M. Dunsbergen, Stevensville, MI (US);
Kaustav Ghosh, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Robert J. Pinkowski, Baroda, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/55 (2006.01); D06B 23/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of a physical resource for use in a physical resource consuming apparatus.