ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,825, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc. (Pullman, Wash.).

"Systems and methods for network traffic monitoring" was invented by Edson L. Hernandez Cortinas (Pullman, Wash.), Preston Stephens (Moscow, Idaho), Bharat Nalla (Ashburn, Va.), Mauricio G. Silveira (Pullman, Wash.), Gabriel DeRuwe (Pullman, Wash.), Dennis Holmbo (Spokane, Wash.) and David J. Dolezilek (Pullman, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods may be used to assess network communications by generating one or more current communication parameters based on communications at an intelligent electronic device (IED) w...