US Patent Issued to Savant Systems on April 8 for "Energy management system and methods" (Maine, Utah, Massachusetts, Oregon, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,960, issued on April 8, was assigned to Savant Systems Inc. (Hyannis, Mass.).

"Energy management system and methods" was invented by Robert P. Madonna (Osterville, Mass.), Anna E. Demeo (Southwest Harbor, Maine), William H. Dillon (Philomath, Ore.), Daniel H. Chapman (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Kevin C. Kicklighter (Cottonwood, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy management system interoperates with an automation system to provide integrated control over essentially all power-consuming, power-generating, and power storage devices in a home or other environment. The energy management system provides configurable energy management s...