ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- A.O. Smith, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been assigned a patent (No. 10,443,894, initially filed Sept. 16, 2016) developed by two co-inventors for a "system and method for control of electric water heater." The co-inventors are Brian T. Branecky, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, and Ronald Bartos, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.

The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsr . . .