ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,178, issued on July 15.

"System and method for detecting faults in power transmission systems using oscillography" was invented by Gustavo Dario Leizerovich (Aventura, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting a fault in a distribution transformer of a power transmission system includes a current sensor and one or more processors. The current sensor may be positioned to sense a primary output current or a secondary output current flowing from the distribution transformer. The processor may be programmed or otherwise operable to receive an output of the current sensor over time, generate a time-varying output signal r...