ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,251, issued on May 6, was assigned to Parallel Systems Inc. (Los Angeles).

"Rail authority system and/or method" was invented by Patrick Dunn (Los Angeles), Benjamin Stuart Stabler (Los Angeles), Marc Greenbaum (Los Angeles) and Babatunde Ogunfemi (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system 100 can include: a railroad integration system, a motion planner, a vehicle controller, an optional user interface (UI), an optional fleet management system, and an optional track data system. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system functions to facilitate vehicl...