ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,277, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Enphase Energy Inc. (Petaluma, Calif.).

"Load detection and prioritization for an energy management system" was invented by Raghuveer R. Belur (Los Altos Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for detecting and prioritizing loads comprising a load analyzer configured to receive at least one load monitoring signal from at least one channel, where each channel is configured to be coupled to at least one load, and analyze at least one load signature derived from the at least one load monitoring signal to detect a load type that is connected to the at least one channel ...