ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,635, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Melville, N.Y.).

"Communication enabled circuit breakers" was invented by Scott Freeman (Russiaville, Ind.), Abhishek Golwala (Charlotte, N.Y.), Rejaul Monir (Jamaica Hills, N.Y.), Michael Ostrovsky (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Alfred J. Lombardi (Syosset, N.Y.), Ozgur Keser (Melville, N.Y.), Adam Kevelos (Plainview, N.Y.), Paul Soccoli (Plainview, N.Y.) and Justin Berghoff (Asheville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wireless communication enabled circuit breakers are described. Methods associated with such wireless communication enabled circuit breakers are also descri...