ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,164, issued on June 3, was assigned to Johnson Controls Technology Co. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Time varying performance indication system for connected equipment" was invented by Steven R. Vitullo (Milwaukee), Kelsey C. Schuster (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Michael R. Rhodes (Shorewood, Wis.), Riley P. Shelton (Oak Creek, Wis.) and John F. Kuchler (Muskego, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes equipment operable to affect, monitor, or control one or more variable states or conditions in a building. The system further includes circuitry configured to perform a plurality of performance checks for the equipment, determine a plural...