ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,073, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Budderfly Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Facility smart energy management" was invented by Albert Subbloie (Orange, Conn.) and Paul Schmidt (Rock Hill, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system of modules which evaluate, control and measure energy usage and signatures at a building that are in communication with software executing on a computer controlled by a third-party. Software executes on the computer to compare energy usage and signatures of equipment at the facility with information in a database accessible by the computer and is adapted to adjust a Building Management System to modify the op...