ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,938, issued on July 15, was assigned to Siemens Industry Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Building automation system for controlling conditions of a room" was invented by Heather Klem (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Udo Koch (Mount Prospect, Ill.), Nellie Martin (Libertyville, Ill.), Mark McNally (Palatine, Ill.), Christine Moran (Elk Grove, Ill.) and Kristine C. Rodell (Island Lake, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is described a building automation system for controlling conditions of a room. The building automation system comprises a room device, a first interface, a second interface, and a managing device. The first interface receive...