ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,146, issued on Sept. 15.
"Candle alert monitoring apparatus and method" was invented by Suzanne Echevarria (Cypress, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reusable igniter having an igniter processor, a memory storage device coupled to the igniter processor, and a first short-range wireless device coupled to the igniter processor. A mobile device may be communicably coupled to the reusable igniter. The mobile device has a second short-range wireless device couplable to the first short-range wireless device and a downloadable software application having a notification system."
The patent was filed on Jan. 22, 2025, under Applicatio...