ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,133, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CHARGEPOINT INC. (Campbell, Calif.).

"Electric vehicle charging system with a charging protocol controller included in attached cable circuitry" was invented by Robert Mitri Khamashta (Campbell, Calif.), Carl Fredrick Hagenmaier Jr. (Los Altos, Calif.), Charles Hardin (San Jose, Calif.), Joseph Howard (Orlando, Fla.), Craig Toshiro Matsuno (San Jose, Calif.) and Stephen Eric Sidle (Morgan Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attached cable circuitry assembly of an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) that includes a charging protocol controller. The charging protocol controller in...