ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,385, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Schreder S.A. (Brussels).

"Rotating coordinator in mesh network" was invented by Robert Link (Ratingen, Germany), Udayteja Davuluru (Dusseldorf, Germany) and Daniel Brand (Wedemark, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiments relate to rotating coordinators in mesh networks. One example mesh network includes multiple communication devices adapted to communicate in the mesh network according to a predetermined protocol. A single one of the multiple communication devices adopts a coordinator role in the mesh network for governing a commissioning procedure in the mesh network. The m...