US Patent Issued to Advanced Custom Egineered Systems & Equipment on June 16 for "Method and apparatus for monitoring waste removal and administration" (Illinois, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,934, issued on June 16, was assigned to Advanced Custom Egineered Systems & Equipment Co. (St. Charles, Ill.).

"Method and apparatus for monitoring waste removal and administration" was invented by Christopher M. Flood (St. Charles, Ill.) and Michael S. Fisher (Richardson, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for a municipality to control, track, and monitor waste or refuse receptacles requires a permit for use of a waste receptacle. An issuing organization issues a permit associated with a discreet receptacle identifier. An RFID tag is provided with the permit and attached to a discreet receptacle. The RFID tag transmits a ...