ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,787, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SmartRent Technologies Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Multi-unit automation and control system" was invented by Isaiah DeRose-Wilson (Cave Creek, Ariz.), Jonathan Coffey (Phoenix), Braeden Scheer (Phoenix), Tyler Floyd (Gilbert, Ariz.) and John Price (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for multi-unit automation and access control for multi-family housing. Individual housing units have an associated control hub in communication with a remotely disposed system controller. Various sensors and effectors within the individual housing units may communicate with a correspondin...