ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,778, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Forge Technologies Inc. (Hillsborough, N.C.).

"Hazard detection apparatus, system and methods" was invented by John J. Andres (Hillsborough, N.C.), Michael Rabbett (Manchester, Great Britain) and Matthew Fitzpatrick (Manly West, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hazard detectors are shown and described. Included are devices, systems, kits, and methods for a hazard detector. A hazard detector may in some embodiments include a housing, a presence detector, a hazard detector and a control system. In some examples, hazard detector systems may include a hazard detector having one or more sens...