ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,238, issued on May 13, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"System and method for controlling jobsite products" was invented by Jeremy J. Torok (Sparks, Md.), Danh T. Trinh (Towson, Md.), Daniele C. Brotto (Parkville, Md.), Matthew Ian Barrett (Essex, Md.), Geoffrey S. Howard (Columbia, Md.), Edward D. Smith (Eldersburg, Md.) and Paul S. White (Fallston, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device with a microphone, a speaker, a processor, and a power tool battery pack connectable to and powering the speaker and the processor. The electronic device has software that can cause the processor to perform...