ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,318, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Systems and methods for wireless activation of concrete sensors" was invented by Jens Neumann (Grabs, Switzerland), Ryan Twomey (Dedham, Mass.) and Katelyn Jobes (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes bringing a sensor device proximate to a computing device. The sensor device includes one or more sensors for measuring one or more properties of a building material within which the sensor device can be embedded. The method includes establishing a first wireless communication channel between the sensor device and the computing device and...