ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,425, issued on March 18, was assigned to JetSmarter Inc. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Universal search engine for private jet services" was invented by Mikhail Kirsanov (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document describes a universal search engine. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a client device, a query that includes a departure geographic identifier and a destination geographic identifier for a private jet route. A set of available private jets for creating a new client-initiated private jet segment from the departure geographic location to the destination geographic location is selected for ...