US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on Aug. 25 for "Systems to monitor and detect status changes of fluid flow devices" (Illinois, Arizona, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,213, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Systems to monitor and detect status changes of fluid flow devices" was invented by John R. Donovan (Bloomington, Ill.), Joseph Robert Brannan (Bloomington, Ill.), Aaron Williams (Congerville, Ill.), Jeffrey Wilson Stoiber (Atlanta), Bryan R. Nussbaum (Bloomington, Ill.) and Ellakate LeFebre (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described herein for detecting status changes to fluid flow devices. An exemplary computer-implemented method may include (1) receiving, from a sensor disposed proximate to a fluid...