ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,838, issued on March 17, was assigned to Enphase Energy Inc. (Petaluma, Calif.).

"Methods and apparatus for range testing mock devices using mesh topology" was invented by Darshan Rachamadugu Nanda Kumar (Basavanagudi, India) and Ashish Bansal (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for range testing mock devices using mesh topology are provided herein. For example, a method for range testing mock devices using mesh topology comprises supplying power to a plurality of mock devices corresponding to a plurality of actual devices in an energy management system, adding the plurality of mock devices to a rang...