ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,859, issued on May 12, was assigned to Ubicquia Inc. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Distribution transformer system and methods thereof" was invented by Jow H. Ortiz (Coral Springs, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distribution transformer system includes a distribution transformer and a distribution transformer monitoring (DTM) device secured to the transformer. The DTM device includes multiple sensors, a controller, and a communication interface. The sensors are configured to monitor physical properties of the distribution transformer. Each of the sensors outputs respective sensor data representative of at least one monitored physic...