ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,020, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to JABIL Inc..

"Apparatus, system and method of providing power in an office environment" was invented by Gerald DeGraaf (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and Stephen A. McSoley (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed apparatus, system and method may include at least the delivery of device power to a single or plurality of workstations, which may include at least one power storage unit suitable to supply power to the plurality of workstations; a plurality of control units each associated with one of the plurality of workstations, wherein each of the control units receives power f...