ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,258, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Oracle International Corp. (Redwood Shores, Calif.).

"Techniques for generating a configuration for electrically isolating fault domains in a data center" was invented by Abhishek Kar (Chandler, Ariz.), Michael Hicks (Phoenix), Christopher Richard Newcombe (Kirkland, Wash.) and Kenneth J. Patchett (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system may receive a layout of a data center, the layout of the data center identifying physical locations of a plurality of server racks, electrical distribution feeds, and uninterruptible power supplies. The computer system may receive a fa...