ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,312, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Scott Technologies Inc. (Monroe, N.C.).

"Wireless communication system with mobile self-healing" was invented by Darin K. Thompson (Huntersville, N.C.), Graham Wilson (Flint, Great Britain), Gareth D. Evans (Wrexham, Great Britain) and Klaus A. Pedersen (Aalborg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method implemented in a first wireless unit of a plurality of wireless units of a first group. The method includes determining whether a second wireless unit of the first group is configured as the master of the first group. If the second wireless unit is configured as the master of the first gr...