ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,544, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MISSION INNOVATIONS B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Flexible combined transport of people and freight" was invented by Johannes Gertrudis Josephus Van Der Donk (Best, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for the flexible combined transport of persons and/or freight via rail or road. A coordination system coordinates the total transport capacity and the specific demand for transport of passengers and freight in real time and dynamically. The coordination system registers the existing capacity of persons and freight of a transport means, determines a residual capacity, def...