ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,381, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Foundation tilt reporting systems and methods" was invented by Justin Royell Nash (Little Elm, Texas), Gideon Bowie Luck (Wylie, Texas), Huihui Wu (Grapevine, Texas), Julia Yilan Kennedy (Austin, Texas), Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev (San Antonio), Subhalakshmi Selvam (Allen, Texas) and Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foundation tilt reporting system includes a lightbulb with one or more emitters configured to emit light. The foundation tilt reporting system also includes one or more sensors con...