ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,420, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Wireless thermometer and method of use thereof" was invented by Christopher J. Allen Sr. (West Hartford, Conn.) and Shawn Monteith (Burlington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for sensing body temperature and wirelessly communicating measured data to at least one electronic device. The device includes a sensor device having a housing base, a housing cover releasably mountable on the housing base, and components for sensing body temperature and wirelessly communicating the measured temperature, including a temperature sensor, a power...