ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,795, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Internet of things" was invented by Ned M. Smith (Beaverton, Ore.), Keith Nolan (Mullingar, Ireland), Mark Kelly (Leixlip, Ireland), Gregory Burns (Seattle), Michael Nolan (Maynooth, Ireland), John Brady (Celbridge, Ireland), Cliodhna Ni Scanaill (Broadford, Ireland), Niall Cahill (Galway, Ireland), Thiago Macieira (Hillsboro, Ore.), Zheng Zhang (Portland, Ore.), Glen J. Anderson (Beaverton, Ore.), Igor Muttik (Aylesbury, Great Britain), Davide Carboni (London), Eugene Ryan (Glasnevin, Ireland), Richard Davies (Dublin), Toby M. Kohlenberg (Portland, Ore.), Maarten Koning (Bloomfield, Canada), Jakub Wenus (Ma...