ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,947, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Albatross Industry Inc. (High Point, N.C.).

"Window fan with safety alarm" was invented by Barry Jacobs (Princeton Junction, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a window fan has a housing mountable in a window, the housing comprising one or more fans therein and including interior and exterior sides and a top side, the top side configured to be in touch with a window panel when the window is in a closed state. An alarm sensor is disposed on the top side of the housing and configured to detect whether the window is open. A control circuitry is provided and configured to: res...