ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,687, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to OKTO Grid ApS (Copenhagen, Denmark).

"Method and device for analysing the state, condition and power quality of transformers in power grids" was invented by Golam Reza Wohlk Sadeghnia (Frederiksberg, Denmark), Paul Henri Marcel Didier (Leuven, Belgium), Rasmus Per Johansson (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Anders Filtenborg (Frederiksberg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatuses, and systems for analysing the state of power transformers are described. A method may include providing at least one sensor arranged relative to a power transformer, retrieving at least one vibroacoustic...