ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,616, issued on May 13, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

"Remote management of machine based on different machine task progress" was invented by Nathaniel S Doy (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Gautham Subramanian (Pallikaranai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A worksite controller can manage machines, including a first machine configured to perform a first task and a second machine configured to perform a second task that follows the first task. The worksite controller can predict a time that the first machine will complete the first task at a work area. The worksite controller can also predict a ...