ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,763, issued on March 11, was assigned to CASCO SIGNAL LTD. (Shanghai).

"Degradation management method for versatile signal system, device and medium" was invented by Zhaoyao Wang (Shanghai), Xiaoyong Wang (Shanghai), Huaxiang Liu (Shanghai), Donghai Wang (Shanghai), Xiaoque Ling (Shanghai) and Liang Pan (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disclosure relates to a degradation management method for a versatile signal system, a device and a medium. The versatile signal system supports both the CTCS system for the national railway and the CBTC system for the urban railway; the method controls the safety of trains equipped with the...