ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,428, issued on July 14, was assigned to Siemens Industry Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"System for identification of loads in a residential branch of electrical circuit" was invented by Amit Nayak (Atlanta) and Westin Williams (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for identification of loads in a residential branch of electrical circuit including a plurality of electrical outlets is provided. It comprises a residential power distribution panel comprising an electronic circuit breaker. The electronic circuit breaker may experience unwanted tripping in the residential branch of electrical circuit. The system further comprise...