ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,355, issued on July 1.

"Air release valve monitoring systems and methods" was invented by Richard J. Vanek (Summerland Key, Fla.), Rodney C. Montrose (Pensacola, Fla.) and Donald R. Conner (El Dorado, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to systems and methods for automated monitoring of air release valve. The automated monitoring of the air release valve generally includes obtaining at least a first reading from a first sensor coupled to the air release valve, transferring the first reading from the first sensor to an IPCT (information processor and cloud transceiver), processing the first reading from th...