US Patent Issued to ARCA HOLDING ASSOCIATED ENGINEERS on Dec. 9 for "Power distribution system having a network of smart meters" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,917, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ARCA HOLDING ASSOCIATED ENGINEERS LTD (London).

"Power distribution system having a network of smart meters" was invented by Andrea Irace (Naples, Italy) and Francesco Arena (Messina, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power distribution system comprises a first Smart Meter device for metering the power absorbed or yielded by a domestic utility, in which said first Smart Meter device is connected to a power distribution grid and dialogs in real time with other Smart Meters connected to other domestic utilities, in which said other Smart Meters are connected to the same power grid of said firs...