ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,798, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Automatic temperature control for refrigeration systems" was invented by Guillaume Charoulet (Franqueville Saint Pierre, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport refrigeration system comprising: a refrigerated compartment, a refrigeration unit operably coupled to the refrigerated compartment, and a controller for controlling the environment within the refrigerated compartment by controlling the refrigeration unit; a container for storing perishable goods; and a wireless module secured to the container and configured to store a target container...