ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,776, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Systems and methods for data control in a building management system" was invented by Vivek V. Gupta (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), Daniel R. Gottschalk (Racine, Wis.), William R. Kuckuk (Hubertus, Wis.), Adam J. Scott (Grafton, Wis.), Mark T. Fischbach (New Berlin, Wis.), James J. Mertz (Wind Lake, Wis.), Yogesh N. Jalkote (Killari, India) and Sudhanshu Dixit (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A building management system (BMS) includes building equipment operable to affect a physical state or condition of a building coupled to...