ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,243, issued on May 13, was assigned to OneEvent Technologies Inc. (Mount Horeb, Wis.).

"Networked evacuation system" was invented by Chris Snyder (Blanchardville, Wis.), Kurt Joseph Wedig (Mount Horeb, Wis.), Daniel Ralph Parent (Mount Horeb, Wis.), Anton Vermaak (Mount Horeb, Wis.) and Scott Holmstrom (Mount Horeb, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes determining, by a sensor node in communication with a communication network, an evacuation condition, retrieving by a decision node, occupancy information pertaining to an area, retrieving area data, and determining an evacuation route, at least in part using the evacu...