ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,707, issued on March 17, was assigned to Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016 LLC (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Methods and systems for a data marketplace in a fluid conveyance device environment" was invented by Charles Howard Cella (Pembroke, Mass.), Gerald William Duffy Jr. (Philadelphia), Jeffrey P. McGuckin (Philadelphia) and Mehul Desai (Oak Brook, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for a data marketplace in a fluid conveyance device includes a self-organizing data marketplace. The self-organizing data marketplace includes at least one data collector and at least one corresponding fluid conveyance device in an indu...