ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,146, issued on May 12, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA (Torrance, Calif.).

"Electric power interchange method, electric power interchange system, and recording medium" was invented by Kotaro Sakata (Osaka, Japan) and Tetsuji Fuchikami (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes obtaining first information including electric power supply and demand conditions of one or more first consumers managed by a first aggregator; obtaining second information including electric power supply and demand conditions of one or more second consumers managed by a second aggregator; when a defic...