ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,623, issued on May 20, was assigned to CIAC SYSTEMS LLC (Sunny Isles Beach, Fla.).

"Electric heat trace power distribution and monitoring system for fault detection and predictive maintenance" was invented by Timothy R. Mullen (Sunny Isles Beach, Fla.), Robert H. B. Netzer (N. Scituate, R.I.) and John R. Caruso (Dayville, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is an electrical power distribution and monitoring system utilizing electrical heat tracing equipment for purposes of fault detection and maintenance forecasting, the system is intended to replace or augment an existing Electric Heat Trace Distribution Panel, and compri...