ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,059, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (Oakland, Calif.).

"Electric power grid inspection and management system" was invented by Kunal Datta (San Francisco), Tony Chen (San Francisco), Marcella Kwan (San Francisco), Patrick Buckles (San Ramon, Calif.), Michael James Locatelli (Pittsburg, Calif.), Teresa Alapat (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Maria Joseph (San Francisco), Michael S. Glass (Oakland, Calif.), Jonathan Mello (El Cerrito, Calif.), Khushar Faizan (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Xiwang Li (El Cerrito, Calif.), Michael Signorotti (Los Angeles), Guilherme Mattar Bastos (San Francisco), Jacinto Chen (San Francisco), Erin Melissa Tan Antono (San Francisco), D...