Today OSHWA is revoking the certification for the Water Holdup Probe (US002118) and Bin Day Bot (UK000067). We are taking this action because the original owners of both UIDs (Youcef Khetib and Fitton, respectively) asked that the certification be reversed due to accidental filing. Specifically, the application for the Water Holdup Probe should have been submitted through a different entity, and there are licensing problems with the Bin Day Bot. Both applicants hope to reapply for certification in the future.
An effective certification program requires ongoing monitoring of certified hardware, both by OSHWA and by the larger open source hardware community. OSHWA prefers to work with responsible parties to resolve problems with certified hardware and views decertification as a last resort.
We discuss the decertification process in more detail in our blog post about the first decertification. You can learn more about the certification program on the certification page and certification FAQs.