US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on Feb. 10 for "System and methods for detecting theft for building management" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,417, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"System and methods for detecting theft for building management" was invented by Erin K. Krampetz (Woodstock, Ga.), Reilly Howell (Atlanta) and Aida M. Mokube (Cumming, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for detecting theft of one or more consumable products at a plurality of washroom facilities at a commercial location are provided. The system includes one or more product dispensers within each of the washroom facilities that require periodic refill of a consumable product. The system also includes a sensor configured with each ...