ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,240, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SER CONSULTING LLC (Breckenridge, Colo.).

"Networked electric baseboard thermostat and master control system" was invented by Steven Riedl (Atlanta) and Rene Juneau (Ontario, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method include a computer processor, computer memory associated with the computer processor and a network interface. A plurality of temperature sensors are each associated with a respective electric heating element. Optionally, in one form, the plurality of sensors are associated with the computer processor wherein the temperature sensors send respective signals to the com...