ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,696, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GE DIGITAL HOLDINGS LLC (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Power switching via arc schematic" was invented by Vinoth Mohan (Lynnwood, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a system and method for visualizing power components on a power grid via an arc diagram. The arc diagram can be an interactive diagram that enables an operator to perform a switching operation via the arc diagram. In one example, the method may include storing power measurements from a power grid and geographical topology data of devices on the power grid via a memory device, generating and displaying an arc diagram based on th...