ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,698, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SAGEMCOM ENERGY & TELECOM SAS (Rueil Malmaison, France).

"Method of adjusting an electricity meter" was invented by Henri Teboulle (Rueil Malmaison, France), Christophe Grincourt (Rueil Malmaison, France) and Sebastien Noiret (Rueil Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of adjusting an electricity meter (1), the method comprising the steps of: measuring the frequency of the distribution grid (3); if the difference between the frequency of the distribution grid and a first frequency is less that a first predetermined threshold, adjusting the measurement module (10) by using...