ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,013, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ComSonics Inc. (Harrisonburg, Va.).

"Method to manage cable TV leakage when leaks are no longer detectable" was invented by Ken Couch (Harrisonburg, Va.), Raymond Gregory Jones (Stephens City, Va.) and Austin Joachim (Harrisonburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods improve the actionability of leaks in cable networks. One or more leakage detection confidences (LDCs) are determined to assess the reliability of newer leakage data which conflicts with existing leak records. When confidences fail to exceed predetermined thresholds, records of leaks which failed to be redetected...