ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,452, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Trilliant Networks Inc. (Cary, N.C.) and Wasion International (Hunan, China).

"Electric meter body" was invented by James Riley Carr (Holly Springs, N.C.), Tian Zhong Ping (Hunan Province, China), Lyu Xin Wei (Hunan Province, China) and Yangyong Jiang (Hunan Province, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of an electric meter are described herein. In some embodiments, the electric meter includes a meter body suitable to enclose an electric meter assembly, engageable with a meter socket which cannot be removed from the meter socket without breaking of a first seal. The electric meter ...