ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,957, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to KAMSTRUP A/S (Skanderborg, Denmark).

"Automatic reading system and a method for installing a plurality of battery-powered stationary measuring devices at a plurality of distributed installation locations" was invented by Jens Hordum (Skanderborg, Denmark) and Rasmus Krigslund (Skanderborg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic reading system (ARS-1) determines values at a plurality of distributed installation locations and communicates data containing said values via a low power wide area Network (LPWAN) to a head-end-system (HES-3). The ARS includes the HES and battery-powered ...