ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,168, issued on April 8, was assigned to STRONG FORCE IOT PORTFOLIO 2016 LLC (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Systems for monitoring and managing industrial settings" was invented by Charles Cella (Pembroke, Mass.), Teymour El-Tahry (Detroit), Richard Spitz (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Jeffrey P. McGuckin (Philadelphia) and Gerald William Duffy Jr. (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can include a backend system and a sensor kit configured to monitor an industrial setting. The sensor kit can include an edge device and a plurality of sensors that capture sensor data and transmit the sensor data via a self-configuring sensor kit ...