ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,028, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SMT Research Ltd. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Method and system with multi-conductor sensors for moisture monitoring of structures" was invented by Jamieson William Merritt Hermes (Burnaby, Canada), Khaleed Khondoker (Surrey, Canada), Gregory Lee (Burnaby, Canada), Asif Al Noor (Burnaby, Canada) and Jason Glen Teetaert (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for monitoring moisture at a structural component having a membrane for fluid impermeability and a deck for supporting the membrane at a first side of the membrane opposite a second side of the membrane is provided. ...