ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,254, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Apparatus and method for managing industrial process optimization related to batch operations" was invented by Joseph Lu (Glendale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments described herein relate to management of industrial process optimization related to batch operations. In this regard, an optimization request to optimize an industrial process that produces an industrial process product is received. In response to the optimization request, product spent characteristics for one or more blending components of a batch operation su...