US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on March 4 for "Aircraft operation" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,422, issued on March 4, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Aircraft operation" was invented by Benjamin J Keeler (Derby, Great Britain), David M Beaven (Nottingham, Great Britain), Craig W Bemment (Derby, Great Britain), Paul W Ferra (Derby, Great Britain), Kevin R McNally (Derby, Great Britain), Andrea Minelli (Derby, Great Britain) and Martin K Yates (Northamptonshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining at least one fuel characteristic of a fuel provided to a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes making an operational change, the operational change being effected by a controllable comp...