ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,734, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Direct Supply Inc. (Milwaukee).

"Systems, methods, and media for optimizing maintenance of facility units" was invented by Charles W. Fastner (Pewaukee, Wis.) and Timothy L. Ernst (Grafton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and media for optimizing maintenance of facility units include proactively addressing the condition of a vacated unit before turning the unit over to a new occupant. The systems, methods, and media can incorporate a variety of information including the current condition of the unit, human input regarding the current condition of the unit, historical dat...