ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,575, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Firesapien Technologies Ltd (Wokingham, Great Britain).

"Intelligent fire and occupant safety system and method" was invented by Andrew Leslie Kelly (Wokingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The described invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining fire safety and occupant safety information, comprising: receiving data from a plurality of Appliances, each equipped with thermal sensors, carbon dioxide detectors and real-time voice communication capabilities, arranged within a building and configured to detect locations of elevated temperature and ambient carbo...