ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,043, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Audio and visual notification appliance" was invented by Pratik Narendra Pawar (Maharashtra, India), Bhavesh Jitendra Desai (Edison, N.J.), Scott Edward Case (Highlands, N.J.) and Pushpak Paris Yabrer (Maharashtra, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system or appliance for universal mounting of an audio/visual alert system, with a surface interface, having a mounting body mountable on either of a vertical surface or a horizontal surface and one or more electrical terminals. Further having a notification module with a lens configured to throw light 180...