ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,812, issued on July 15, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Gas turbine engine combustor with openings" was invented by Perumallu Vukanti (Bengaluru, India), Sibtosh Pal (Mason, Ohio), Pradeep Naik (Bengaluru, India), R Narasimha Chiranthan (Bengaluru, India), Ajoy Patra (Bengaluru, India), Michael T. Bucaro (Arvada, Colo.), Aritra Chakraborty (Bengaluru, India), Arijit Sinha Roy (Bengaluru, India), Pabitra Badhuk (Bengaluru, India) and Bhavya Naidu Panduri (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor section, and a turbine section in fore-to-...