ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,504, issued on July 15, was assigned to GE GRID SOLUTIONS LLC (Atlanta).

"Methods and systems for energy storage dispatch" was invented by Danielle Marie Kalitan (Rexford, N.Y.), Olugbenga Anubi (Tallahassee, Fla.), Richard Hayes Cutright (Corinth, N.Y.), Hullas Sehgal (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Michael Kinstrey (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Johanna Wellington (Ballston, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of energy dispatch for an energy storage device component of a local energy generation plant, the method including obtaining a charge/discharge profile for the energy storage device, quantifying an amount of energy generation available fr...