ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,842, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Dexcom Inc. (San Diego).

"System and method for mode switching" was invented by Naresh C. Bhavaraju (San Diego), Michael A. Bloom (Carlsbad, Calif.), Leif N. Bowman (San Diego), Alexandra Lynn Carlton (San Marcos, Calif.), Katherine Yerre Koehler (Solana Beach, Calif.), Hari Hampapuram (Carlsbad, Calif.), Jonathan Hughes (Encinitas, Calif.), Lauren Hruby Jepson (San Diego), Apurv Ulas Kamath (San Diego), Anna Leigh Davis (Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.), Peter C. Simpson (Cardiff, Calif.) and Stephen J. Vanslyke (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods described provid...