ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,009, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Melville, N.Y.).

"Communication enabled circuit breakers and circuit breaker panels" was invented by Adam Kevelos (Plainview, N.Y.), Alfred J. Lombardi (Syosset, N.Y.), Michael Ostrovsky (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Paul Soccoli (Plainview, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Communication enabled circuit breakers and circuit breaker panels are described. Methods associated with such communication enabled circuit breakers and circuit breaker panels are also described. A circuit breaker panel may include a circuit breaker controller and one or more communication enabled c...