ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,440, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to BAUER COMPRESSORS INC. (Norfolk, Va.).

"System and method for accessing and updating device safety data by both owners and non-owners of devices" was invented by Anthony B. Bayat (Virginia Beach, Va.), Neil S. Patel (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Eshwar Krishna Chigurupati (Norfolk, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Records remotely stored for organizations include first data matching device identification data coupled to a device and safety-critical data for the device. The records are accessed by a mobile device operated by a user authorized by one of the organizations. An offline database is c...