ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- CenturyLink Intellectual Property, Denver, has been assigned a patent (9,246,582) developed by two co-inventors for the "use of dying gasp to locate faults in communications networks." The co-inventors are Mike Fargano, Louisville, Colorado, and Michael D. Sprenger, Boulder, Colorado.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 24, 2014 (14/582,535). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITO . . .