ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,673, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to KIDDE FIRE PROTECTION LLC (Bradenton, Fla.).

"System and method for commissioning safety devices" was invented by Pirammanayagam Nallaperumal (Hyderabad, India), Saikrishna Gajula (Hyderabad, India), Ashis Kumar Sinha (Chandanagar, India), Ramakrishna Pulluru (Hyderabad, India) and Rizwana Begum (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for commissioning safety devices is disclosed. The method includes providing one or more safety devices configured to generate a signal responsive to detection of a hazard. The one or more safety devices are communicably coupled to each ...