ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,396, issued on June 23, was assigned to Schneider Electric USA Inc. (Boston).

"Electrical equipment management" was invented by Benjamin Patrick O'Rourke (Morrisville, N.C.), James Raymond Ramsey (Murfreeboro, Tenn.), Pankaj Lal (Brentwood, Tenn.), Richard Kent Crawford (Rockvale, Tenn.) and Xavier Lifran (Franklin, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described for electrical equipment management. Embodiments include a method for electrical equipment refit management, comprising: receiving a selection of an order of an existing electrical equipment system to disassemble and, in response, retrieving and providing a plu...