ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,344, issued on April 29, was assigned to Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc. (Pullman, Wash.).
"Cybersecurity in electric power systems" was invented by Gregary C. Zweigle (Pullman, Wash.), Eric J. Hewitt (Moscow, Idaho) and Matthew J. Halladay (Moscow, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for improving cybersecurity in electric power systems. In one embodiment, a local controller configured for use in an electric power system may include a measurement subsystem to receive a plurality of conditions related to electrical conditions in a microgrid. A communication subsystem may com...