US Patent Issued to Katcher on April 8 for "Using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect conditions conducive to pest activity" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,202, issued on April 8, was assigned to Katcher LLC (Round Rock, Texas).

"Using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect conditions conducive to pest activity" was invented by Jace W. Files (Round Rock, Texas), Roger S. Hollander (Austin, Texas), John Trevor Morrison (Round Rock, Texas) and Shivshanker S. Naimpally (Leander, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a sensor node is mounted to a wood item inside a wall of a building. The sensor node measures, using a thermometer, an ambient temperature inside the wall of the building, measuring, using a hygrometer, an ambient humidity inside the wall of the building; and m...