ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,108, issued on May 13, was assigned to Navfriend LLC (Versailles, Ind.).

"Database system to organize selectable items for users related to route planning" was invented by Rhett R. Dennerline (Northfield, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an electronic system for providing access to a useable, tailored database of selectable items for a user, e.g., user selectable routes entered by pilot users to utilize for flight planning and aircraft route guidance, and other related information from a remote processing center to a local unit over wireless, wire line, or telecommunications network or combination...