ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,773, issued on March 24, was assigned to Swim Sense LLC (Boca Raton, Fla.).

"Acid-dispensing system for pools" was invented by Rakesh Reddy (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Kevin Doyle (Pompano Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples described herein include systems and methods for improved acid-dispensing for pools. An example method can include drawing electrical current at the device through a low-power data channel to charge a battery. The example method can also include receiving at the device, through the data channel, a digital signal instructing the device to dispense acid. The digital signal can include an indication of a...