ASPW Arista Power Inc (CE)

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 11, 2014

 

 

ARISTA POWER, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

New York		000-53510		16-1610794
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1999 Mt. Read Boulevard, Rochester, New York		14615
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

(585) 243-4040

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On November 11, 2014, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent (“Patent”) to Arista Power, Inc. entitled “Energy Storage and Power Management System”. The Patent relates to a system to manage the storage of energy to, and the release of energy from, an energy storage system with such energy being generated from one or more renewable sources of energy, traditional sources of energy or the electric grid, or a combination of any or all of these sources, resulting in a reduction of the power demand from the electric grid of a user of the system and/or of the high consumption charges during peak usage times of a user of the system. The Patent was assigned U.S. Patent No. 8,886,363.

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	ARISTA POWER, INC.
	By:	/s/ William A. Schmitz
		Name:  William A. Schmitz
		Title:     Chief Executive Officer

 

Dated: November 12, 2014