ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,772, issued on July 28, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Electric power converter, control method for electric power converter, electric power system, control method for electric power system, and computer readable recording medium" was invented by Masahiro Rikiso (Tokyo) and Asuka Abe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric power converter for being electrically connected to a commercial power system of alternating current type and electrically connected to a device configured to input and/or output electric power. The converter includes a control unit configured to perform primary control of the device...