ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,938, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Damper control systems and methods for a zoning system" was invented by Shaun B. Atchison (Wichita, Kan.) and Noel A. Grajeda-Trevizo (Newton, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system that includes a controller configured to receive a call for conditioning from each zone of a plurality of zones, where each zone of the plurality of zones includes a damper. The controller is also configured to determine a priority level of each zone of the p...