ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,471, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Fivovos LLC (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Fuel tank monitoring systems and methods" was invented by Charles Jacob Shotmeyer (Boca Raton, Fla.), Jon Thomas Buonaccorsi (Barrington, R.I.), Christopher Louis Corrado (East Providence, R.I.) and Edward Norman McGrath III (Warrington, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for remotely monitoring the amount of fuel in one or more fuel tanks are disclosed. A fuel monitoring device includes a sensor configured to monitor the operation of a valve coupled to an output of a fuel tank and a network and communication system configured to receive ...