US Patent Issued to Itron on April 14 for "Network edge detection and notification of gas pressure situation" (Washington, Minnesota, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,982, issued on April 14, was assigned to Itron Inc. (Liberty Lake, Wash.).

"Network edge detection and notification of gas pressure situation" was invented by James Lee Kann (Mica, Wash.), Katrina Polk (Ponte Vedra, Fla.) and Janet Penz (Lakeview, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for detecting a high gas pressure situation within a gas delivery system (e.g., for natural gas delivery to homes and businesses) are described. In one example, a device measures gas pressure. If a pressure over a threshold value is detected, a nearby device is messaged. The nearby device either confirms the over-pressure condition or indicat...