ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,092, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HYNDS Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Remote sensing device" was invented by Neil David Glasson (Christchurch, New Zealand), Craig David Shannon (Auckland, New Zealand), John Henry Meerabux (Carindale, Australia) and Aaron Hynds (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote sensing system and device is provided for monitoring a condition within an infrastructure network. In particular, the system and device are configured to monitor components of civil water infrastructure such as sewers, rainwater infrastructure, freshwater infrastructure, manholes, catch pits, sewers, or out...