US Patent Issued to Tyco Fire & Security on Sept. 16 for "Network device and method with bypass capability" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,471, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Network device and method with bypass capability" was invented by Ezra M. Imes (Pewaukee, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for a building includes a device includes a first and second connector. The device also includes a switch having a first, a second, and a third port. The first connector is coupled to the first port of the switch and the second connector is coupled to the second port of the switch. The device also includes a controller that causes the first port to be coupled to the second port when the switch i...