US Patent Issued to Thermaco on March 18 for "Control of grease removal equipment via cell phone app" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,416, issued on March 18, was assigned to Thermaco Inc. (Asheboro, N.C.).

"Control of grease removal equipment via cell phone app" was invented by William C. Batten (Asheboro, N.C.) and Randolph Batten (Asheboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator assembly for separating fat, oil, and grease from effluent includes a container for receiving and holding effluent water containing oil, grease and solid waste to be removed from the effluent water and a communications module having a processor, memory and transmitter at the facility site to communicate over cellular or WiFi signals with a remote station. The separator may incl...