ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,548, issued on March 18, was assigned to UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE (Florence, Italy).

"System for monitoring and analyzing electric parameters" was invented by Fabio Corti (Scandicci, Italy), Giacomo Talluri (Fiesole, Italy), Francesco Grasso (Florence, Italy), Marco Somma (Florence, Italy) and Libero Paolucci (Grosseto, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring and analyzing electrical operating parameters of a load in an electric network includes a smart socket placed in series between the load and the electric network. The smart socket includes a voltage detection module that measures a voltage value in...