ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,803, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Barksdale Inc. (Los Angeles).

"Adaptive control of electricity consumption" was invented by Pascal Choquet (Oberursel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and controllers for controlling an adjustment process for a target system are provided. A central controller receives time-related electrical energy demand data, sensor data from controllers of devices which selectively apply electrical power to the target system, and commands the controllers to apply power to exceed a target control value up to a maximum control value where the electrical energy demand data remains below...