ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,400, issued on May 20, was assigned to CLEAN POWER RESEARCH LLC (Napa, Calif.).

"System and method for renewable power system interconnection workflow generation and execution with the aid of a digital computer" was invented by Jeffrey Ressler (Kirkland, Wash.), Scott Tewel (Sammamish, Wash.), Robert Orleth (Bellevue, Wash.) and Jeremy Stone (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A graphical workflow definition and management tool enables administrators and other authorized users to implement a workflow process that can be used to evaluate project submissions or other applications that require step-by-step process completion...