ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,385, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Energy storage grid interactive inverter with variable autonomous mode" was invented by George Arthur Navarro (Raleigh, N.C.) and Vincent Edward Wilder (Benson, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage inverter coupled to an electric grid is provided. The energy storage inverter includes a grid interactive inverter coupled to the electric grid; a plurality of battery packs coupled to the grid interactive inverter; and one or more auxiliary loads coupled to the grid interactive inverter. The energy storage inverter provides reliable power to...