ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,961, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SYSTEMEX ENERGIES INC. (Laval, Canada).

"Power control device" was invented by Simon Jasmin (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power control device for controlling an electrical load. The system includes decision logic to implement a local response responsive to events currently occurring in a power grid. The power control device includes a user interface allowing programming the response to the grid imbalance to adapt that response to the particular application in which the load operates."

The patent was filed on Dec. 12, 2022, under Application No. 18/079,236.

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