ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,079, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Mountain Vector Energy LLC (Corrales, N.M.).

"Real-time, current utility consumption change effects isolation system" was invented by Steve R. Kiziuk (Corrales, N.M.), Robert Bruce Pitt (Rio Rancho, N.M.), Paige A. Mankey (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Madeline Rae Lamb (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented are methods and systems to universally assess composite utility consumption (1) in which a plurality of real-time and batch sensor readings such as from multiple disparate utility sensor data inputs (3) may be acquired and stored such as into a local device (2) or a central data...