ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,770, issued on July 28, was assigned to Pfanner Schutzbekleidung GmbH (Koblach, Austria).

"Notification unit, warning system and method for operating a warning system" was invented by Anton Pfanner (Hohenems, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A notification unit includes at least one motion sensor, which detects movements of objects in the environment of the notification unit, and at least one signal device which is suitable for outputting different optical and/or acoustic signals, wherein the type of the different optical and/or acoustic signals depends on whether the motion sensor has detected a movement of an object in the en...