ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,980, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Gas turbine engine" was invented by Daniel Alan Niergarth (Norwood, Ohio), Jeffrey Donald Clements (Mason, Ohio), Jeffrey S. Spruill (Hillsboro, Ohio), Erich Alois Krammer (West Chester, Ohio), Matthew Kenneth MacDonald (Austin, Texas), Scott Alan Schimmels (Miamisburg, Ohio), Nicholas Joseph Kray (Mason, Ohio) and Arthur William Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial ...