ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,771, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KIDDE FIRE PROTECTION LLC (Bradenton, Fla.).

"Security and enhancement for smoke detector" was invented by Pirammanayagam Nallaperumal (Telangana, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smoke detector system is provided and includes a smoke detection element; and at least one of a door sensor and a window sensor. The smoke detection element is communicative with the at least one of the door sensor and the window sensor and is configured to read a status of the at least one of the door sensor and the window sensor and to take action related to one or more of remote user notification of status, c...