ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,410, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Gas turbine performance" was invented by Craig W Bemment (Derby, Great Britain), Alastair G Hobday (Derby, Great Britain), Benjamin J Keeler (Chesterfield, Great Britain), Christopher P Madden (Derby, Great Britain), Andrea Minelli (Derby, Great Britain), Andrew T Smith (Derby, Great Britain), Peter Swann (Derby, Great Britain) and Martin K Yates (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a gas turbine engine is disclosed, the gas turbine engine comprising a combustor arranged to combust a fuel; and a fuel management system arranged to ...