ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,836, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Smart energy management of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system" was invented by Lok Sudhir Katikala (Telangana, India), Lakshmi Bhavani Pamarthi (Telangana, India), Karimulla Shaik (Telangana, India), Kiran Kumar Akula (Telangana, India), Jayanth Kumar Sunkari (Telangana, India) and Vvssuresh Garimella (Telangana, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method (300) for operating a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes an apparatus (102) to select a set point temperature and allow the HVAC system to reach the ...