ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,673, issued on June 17, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Systems and methods for controlling exhaust gas emissions of a multiple SCR aftertreatment system" was invented by David Schmidt (Indianapolis), Jeffrey Diwakar Abraham (Columbus, Ind.), Thomas R. Nelson (Greenwood, Ind.), Xiaobo Song (Columbus, Ind.), Yuying Song (Columbus, Ind.) and Ying Yuan (Rexford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatuses, and systems for managing a multiple, and particularly a dual-selective catalyst reduction (SCR), exhaust aftertreatment system according to one or more determined reductant dosing strategies are disclosed....