ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,167, issued on June 3, was assigned to Siemens Industry Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Sending sampled meter data from an electric vehicle charger to a backend for reporting via open charge point protocol (OCPP) for use by a utility to charge a customer" was invented by Daniel Feldman (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method of sending sampled meter data from an electric vehicle charger to a backend for reporting via Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) for use by a utility to charge a customer for a power usage bill is provided. The method comprises sampling the meter data during a charging session of an electric vehicle...