ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,057, issued on July 29, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Baylor University (Waco, Texas).

"Wind turbine management system for controlled energy storage" was invented by Ross Guttromson (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Ian Gravagne (Waco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of managing a wind turbine, by receiving one or more characteristics from a first grid node from one or more grid sensors at a first time and receiving one or more characteristics from a second grid node from one or more grid sensors at a second time. The system and method also determine a...