ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,883, issued on March 17, was assigned to J&M Creative Innovations LLC (Orland Park, Ill.).

"Home occupancy information system" was invented by Michael L. Ulleweit (Orland Park, Ill.), Jeffrey A. Jablonski (Darien, Ill.), Matthew B. Sunday (California, Ky.), Joseph Althaus (Yellow Springs, Ohio), Blake J. Dalton (Centerville, Ohio) and Michael O. Crowley (Butler, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A home occupancy status and information system may be used to track information about human and animal occupants within a structure and provide information to first responders in the event of an emergency. A rescue beacon may be positioned ...