ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,479, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Smart Infrastructure Maintenance Applications Inc. (Markham, Canada).

"Compliance method and system for traffic control devices" was invented by Dominic Mangialardi (Markham, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sign post for supporting a sign, the sign post comprising: a support member; the sign comprising having a planar sign face and an opposing planar back face, wherein the sign is affixed to the support member; a compliance module comprising a printed circuit board comprising circuitry for receiving measurements associated with at least one condition of the sign post and transmitting da...