US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Jan. 13 for "Fuel cell deployment systems and apparatus" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,628, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Fuel cell deployment systems and apparatus" was invented by Nicholas Keehn (Kirkland, Wash.), Eric Clarence Peterson (Woodinville, Wash.) and Sean Michael James (Olympia, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques of deploying fuel cells in a facility are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a location of the receptacle at the facility that the fuel cell is connected upon detecting the fuel connector of the second side of the carrier being coupled to a fuel port at a receptacle at the facility. The method c...