Green energy and smart grid technology continue to provide green pasture for patent applicants. Southern California Edison, which is a large power utility, filed a patent application in 2008. The application published as Patent Pub. No. 20080177678 and claims: A method for communicating between a utility and individual customer locations comprising the steps of: (a) Continue reading →
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Law360 reports that “Sipco LLC, a Georgia-based developer of wireless mesh technology, has filed a suit accusing Florida Power & Light Co. of infringing three patents for smart grid technology.” The relevant patents are U.S. Patent Nos. 6,437,692; 7,053,767; and 7,468,661. The ’692 patent is directed to “monitoring a variety of environmental and/or other conditions Continue reading →
