ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,018, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Systems and methods for water detection" was invented by Matthew T. Flachsbart (Grapevine, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting water in an environment includes a first sensor configured to provide first feedback indicative of a temperature of the environment, a second sensor configured to provide second feedback indicative of a humidity of the environment, and an electronic circuit having a processor configured to execute one or more instructions stored on a memory of the electronic circuit. The one or more inst...